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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024prawn /prɔn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Invertebratesa small shrimplike edible sea animal.
v. [no object] - to catch prawns, as for food.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024prawn (prôn),USA pronunciation n. - Invertebratesany of various shrimplike decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., certain of which are used as food.
- British Terms come the raw prawn, [Australian Slang.]to try to impose on or deceive someone (fol. by with).
v.t. - to catch prawns, as for food.
- late Middle English prane, of uncertain origin, originally 1400–50
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