shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible
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fish for prawns
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Prawn \Prawn\, n. [OE. prane, of unknown origin; cf. L. perna a sea mussel.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antenn[ae]. They mostly belong to the genera {Pandalus}, {Pal[ae]mon}, {Pal[ae]monetes}, and {Peneus}, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is {Pal[ae]mon serratus}.
Note: The name is often applied to any large shrimp.
'You can say that again,' remarked a spokeswoman for the UK's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries. The EC argued that the flavour of prawn crisps was artificial.
The typhoon destroyed $1.6 million worth of prawn ponds and infrastructure needed by the industry, the island's second largest.
The Taiwanese, taught originally by the Japanese, have become the world's premier eel farmers. Eel production at the Malaysian farm started three years ago after the failure of a prawn farming project.
Now, staffers are thinking about going into prawn farming.
The prawn fishing operations are composed of Marine Harvest Malaysia and a farming operation in Ivory Coast.