Prawn vs. Lobster

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.

Lobsteradjective

red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

Lobsternoun

A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.

Lobsternoun

A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.

Lobsternoun

A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).

Lobsternoun

(slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

Lobsterverb

To fish for lobsters.

Lobsternoun

Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (Homarus Americanus), and the European lobster (Homarus vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters.

Lobsternoun

As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person.

Lobsternoun

flesh of a lobster

Lobsternoun

any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae

Lobster

Lobsters are a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homeridae) of large marine crustaceans. Lobsters have long bodies with muscular tails, and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor.