Any of various edible crustaceans similar to but larger than the shrimps.
intr.v., prawned, prawn·ing, prawns.To fish for prawns.
[Middle English praine, prane.]
prawner prawn'er n.
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Food and Nutrition:
Dublin Bay prawn
Scampi or Norway lobster; a shellfish, Nephrops norvegicus; see lobster.
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prawn
There is a great deal of confusion about this term because it's used to describe several different shellfish. 1. The first definition refers to a species that's part of the lobster family and includes those crustaceans variously called Dublin Bay prawn, Danish lobster, Italian scampi, langoustine (French), langostino (Spanish), Caribbean lobsterette and Florida lobsterette. These "prawns" have bodies shaped like tiny Maine lobsters including minuscule claws. The meat has a sweet, delicate flavor that some claim is better than either lobster or shrimp. These "prawns" are 6 to 8 inches in length and have pale-red bodies deepening to dark-red tails. 2. A second definition applies to the freshwater prawn (identified by the Latin name Macrobrachium); the term distinguishes shrimp as living in salt water and prawns as freshwater creatures. In truth, these prawns migrate (much like salmon) from salt water to fresh water to spawn. They look like a cross between a shrimp and a lobster, with their bodies having narrower abdomens and longer legs than shrimp. See also hawaiian blue prawn. 3. The term "prawn" is also loosely used to describe any large shrimp, especially those that come 15 (or fewer) to the pound (also called "jumbo shrimp").
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Prawns are shrimp–like crustaceans, belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata [1].
Prawns are distinguished from the superficially similar shrimp by the gill structure which is branching in prawns (hence the name, dendro=“tree”; branchia=“gill”), but is lamellar in shrimp. The sister taxon to Dendrobranchiata is Pleocyemata, which contains all the true shrimp, crabs, lobsters, etc.
In various forms of English, the name “prawn” is often applied to shrimp as well, generally the larger species, such as Leander serratus. In the United States, according to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, the word “prawn” usually indicates a freshwater shrimp or prawn. In Middle English, the word “prawn” is recorded as prayne or prane; no cognate form can be found in any other language. It has often been connected to the Latin perna, a ham-shaped shellfish, but this is due to an old scholarly error that connected perna and parnocchie with prawne-fishes or shrimps. In fact, the Old Italian perna and pernocchia meant a shellfish that yielded nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
As used in commercial farming and fishery, the terms
shrimp and prawns are generally used interchangeably. In European countries, particularly the
United Kingdom, the word “prawns” is more commonly on menus than the term “shrimp”, which
is used more often in North America. The term “prawn” is also loosely used to describe any
large shrimp, especially those that come 15 (or fewer) to the pound (also called “jumbo shrimp”). Australia and other Commonwealth countries follow this
European/British use to an even greater extent, using the word “prawn” almost exclusively. (Paul
Hogan’s use of the phrase “I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you”
in a television advertisement was intended to make what he was saying easier for his American audience to understand, and was
thus a deliberate distortion of what an Australian would typically say.) In Spain, gambas al ajillo (translated to prawn
pilpil) is a popular dish with both the locals and tourists. Traditionally, gambas al ajillo and other tapas are served in earthenware ramekins or cazuelas de barro in
Spanish.
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References
- ^ Burkenroad, M. D. (1963). The evolution of the Eucarida (Crustacea, Eumalacostraca), in relation to the fossil record. Tulane Studies in Geology 2 (1): 1–17.
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Prawn
Dansk (Danish)
n. - stor reje
v. intr. - fange rejer
Français (French)
n. - crevette rose, bouquet
v. intr. - pêcher des crevettes
Deutsch (German)
n. - Garnele
v. - nach Garnelen fischen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ.) γαρίδα (τράτας), καραβίδα
v. - πιάνω γαρίδες
Português (Portuguese)
n. - camarão (m)
v. - pescar camarão
Español (Spanish)
n. - camarón, langostino, gamba
v. intr. - pescar camarones
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - räka
v. - fiska räkor
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
明虾, 大虾, 捕虾
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 明蝦, 大蝦
v. intr. - 捕蝦
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 참새우 무리
v. intr. - 참새우(따위)를 잡다
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) جمبري, قريدس, (فعل) يصيد الجمبري من البحر
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - סרטן גדול
v. intr. - צד סרטנים (לאכילה)
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