Prawn

,

Noun.

[OE.

prane

, of unknown origin; cf. L.

perna

a sea mussel.]

(Zool.)

Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennæ. They mostly belong to the genera

Pandalus

,

Palæmon

,

Palæmonetes

, and

Peneus

, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is

Palæmon serratus

.

☞ The name is often applied to any large shrimp.

Prawn

PRAWN.

n. A small crustaceous fish of the genus Cancer, with a serrated snout bending upwards.

prawn

English

Prawns

Noun

prawn ‎(plural prawns)

A large shrimp, mostly in order Dendrobranchiata.
(slang) A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face.
She's a prawn!

Synonyms

(woman): butterface, tip drill

Derived terms

Translations

large shrimp

Afrikaans: garnaal
Albanian:
Arabic: جَمْبَرِي m ‎(jambarī), رُوبِيَان m ‎(rūbiyān)
Hijazi Arabic: قَمْبَري m ‎(gambari)
Armenian: մանր ծովախեցգետին ‎(manr covaxecʿgetin)
Azeri: karides (az), krevet (az)
Belarusian: крэве́тка f ‎(krevjétka)
Bengali: চিংড়ি ‎(cinri)
Bulgarian: скари́да (bg) f ‎(skarída)
Burmese: မျှင် (my) ‎(hmyang), ပုစွန် (my) ‎(pu.cwan) (general term for prawn, shrimp, crab, lobster, scampi, etc.)
Cebuano: pansat
Chechen: креветка ‎(krewetka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蝦 (zh), 虾 (zh) ‎(xiā), 明蝦 (zh), 明虾 (zh) ‎(míngxiā), 對蝦 (zh), 对虾 (zh) ‎(duìxiā)
Czech: kreveta (cs) f
Danish: reje (da) c
Dutch: garnaal (nl) m, scampi (nl)
Erzya: креветка ‎(krevetka)
Estonian: krevett, garneel
French: crevette (fr) f
Galician: gamba (gl) f
Georgian: კრევეტი ‎(ḳreveṭi)
German: Garnele (de) f
Greek: γαρίδα (el) f ‎(garída)
Ancient: καρίς f ‎(karís)
Hebrew:
Hindi: झींगा ‎(jhīṅgā)
Hungarian: garnéla (hu)
Icelandic: rækja f
Indonesian: udang (id)
Irish: cloicheán m
Italian: gambero (it) m
Japanese: エビ (ja) ‎(ebi), 海老 (ja) ‎(えび, ebi)
Kazakh: асшаян ‎(asşayan), креветка ‎(krevetka)
Khmer: ព្រោន (km) ‎(proon)

Korean: 새우 (ko) ‎(sae-u)
Kyrgyz: креветка ‎(krevetka)
Lao: ກຸ້ງ (lo) ‎(kung)
Latvian: krevete f, garnele f
Lithuanian: krevetė f
Macedonian: скамп m ‎(skamp), шкамп m ‎(škamp)
Malay: udang
Nootka: łiłimakƛi
Norman: grosse chèrvette f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: reke (no) m, f
Persian: میگو (fa) ‎(meygu)
Polish: krewetka (pl) f
Portuguese: camarão (pt) m, pitu (pt) m
Romanian: crevetă (ro) f
Russian: креве́тка (ru) f ‎(krevétka)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: шкамп m, рачић m, kozica (sh) f

Roman: škamp (sh) m, račić (sh) m, козица f
Slovak: kreveta f
Slovene: kozica f, rakec m
Spanish: gamba (es) f, camarón (es) m
Swahili: uduvi
Swedish: räka (sv) c
Tajik: креветка ‎(krevetka)
Tatar: креветка ‎(krewetka)
Thai: กุ้ง (th) ‎(kûng)
Tok Pisin: see kindam
Turkish: karides (tr)
Turkmen: krewetka
Ukrainian: креве́тка f ‎(krevétka)
Urdu: جھینگا ‎(jhīngā)
Uzbek: krevetka, mayda qisqichbaqa
Vietnamese: tôm (vi)
Welsh: corgimwch (cy) m
Yiddish: פּראָן ‎(pron)

Verb

prawn ‎(third-person singular simple present prawns, present participle prawning, simple past and past participle prawned)

(intransitive) To fish for prawns.

Noun

prawn ‎(plural prawns)

Alternative form of porn

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