Prawn vs. Crayfish

Prawnnoun

A shrimp of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.

Prawnnoun

(Commonwealth) A large shrimp

Prawnnoun

(slang) A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face.

Prawnnoun

(Australia) A fool, an idiot.

Prawnverb

(intransitive) To fish for prawns.

Prawnnoun

Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennæ. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Palæmon, Palæmonetes, and Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is Palæmon serratus.

Prawnnoun

any of various edible decapod crustaceans

Prawnnoun

shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible

Prawnverb

fish for prawns

Prawn

Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (which is a member of the order decapoda), some of which can be eaten.The term is used particularly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth nations, for large swimming crustaceans or shrimp, especially those with commercial significance in the fishing industry. Shrimp that are present in this category often belong to the suborder Dendrobranchiata.

Crayfishnoun

Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.

Crayfishnoun

A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.

Crayfishnoun

A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).

Crayfishverb

(to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)

Crayfishnoun

See Crawfish.

Crayfishnoun

warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California

Crayfishnoun

tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

Crayfishnoun

small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

Crayfishnoun

large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

Crayfish

Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters (to which they are related). In some parts of the United States, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, rock lobsters, mudbugs, or yabbies.