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Prawn
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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 in Palæmon serratus.