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prawn

[ prawn ]

noun

  1. any of various shrimplike decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., certain of which are used as food.


verb (used with object)

  1. to catch prawns, as for food.

prawn

/ ±è°ùÉ”Ë²Ô /

noun

  1. any of various small edible marine decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc, having a slender flattened body with a long tail and two pairs of pincers
  2. come the raw prawn informal.
    to attempt deception
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è°ù²¹·É²Ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù²¹·É²Ôİù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of prawn1

1400–50; late Middle English prane, of uncertain origin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of prawn1

C15: of obscure origin
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. come the raw prawn, Australian Slang. to try to impose on or deceive someone (followed by with ).
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Gemma Whatling said she and husband Nick have tried food, including almonds and prawns, with Seren outside hospital after having to wait for an ambulance after bad reactions to food at home.

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Ivory Coast's national dish attiéké has gained UN cultural heritage status, along with Japanese sake, Thai prawn soup and Caribbean cassava bread.

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Inside a harbourside factory in the capital, a huge catch of prawns is being steamed, shelled and frozen.

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Restrictions on scallop dredging and prawn trawling required additional legislation which ministers promised to introduce in two stages.

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Between overfishing, climate change, plastic pollution, and habitat destruction, it’s a bad time to be a prawn, cod, seabird, or whale.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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