noun / verb
prawn
PRAWN/prɔːn/
A shrimp-like crustacean caught for food.
The whole prawn has long antennae and a segmented shell.
Etymology
Middle English prayne already named the shrimp-like crustacean, so the seafood sense preserves the animal’s established name. Its deeper origin is unknown; the evidence does not explain what originally motivated the name.
In context
a lovely light delicate texture but they're not FL they're not completely flaccid they have a bit of liveliness to them bit of scallop in mind sort of juiciness the prawn is beautifully silky
More examples
- She adds peeled prawns to the sizzling rice.
- A prawn flicks its tail and swims away.
- They prawn in shallow coastal waters.
Forms
prawn · prawns · prawned · prawning
Similar words
- shrimp
- Usually smaller, though the names overlap in everyday use.