noun.
Any of various shrimps, especially one that is large or inhabits fresh water.
noun.
The flesh of a prawn, used as food.
intransitive verb.
To fish for prawns.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A longtailed ten-footed crustacean, Palæmon serratus, abundant on the shores of Great Britain, resembling the shrimp, but having a long serrate rostrum; hence, any species of the family Palæmonidæ.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
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.
noun.
A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face.
verb.
To fish for prawns.
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noun.
shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible
verb.
fish for prawns
noun.
any of various edible decapod crustaceans
Word Usage
"I liked when he guest-starred on The Simpsons—I still chuckle whenever the sentence "Three prawns are hardly a galaxy!" comes to mind, which is pretty much whenever I hear the word prawn or read the word galaxy."