prawn

English Thesaurus

1. shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	decapod, decapod crustacean,
definition	:	crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	long-clawed prawn, palaemon australis, river prawn,
definition	:	large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus palaemon, palaemon,
definition	:	type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus (noun.animal)

2. any of various edible decapod crustaceans (noun.food)

hypernym	:	seafood,
definition	:	edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc (noun.food)

hyponym	:	river prawn,
definition	:	large Australian prawn (noun.food)

part meronym	:	shrimp,
definition	:	small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible (noun.animal)

substance meronym	:	shrimp cocktail,
definition	:	a cocktail of cold cooked shrimp and a sauce (noun.food)

3. fish for prawns (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	fish,
definition	:	catch or try to catch fish or shellfish (verb.competition)

4. shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible (noun.animal)

derivation	:	prawn,
definition	:	fish for prawns (verb.contact)

5. any of various edible decapod crustaceans (noun.food)

derivation	:	shrimp,
definition	:	fish for shrimp (verb.competition)

derivation	:	prawn,
definition	:	fish for prawns (verb.contact)

6. fish for prawns (verb.contact)

derivation	:	prawn,
definition	:	shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible (noun.animal)

derivation	:	prawn, shrimp,
definition	:	any of various edible decapod crustaceans (noun.food)

7. shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible (noun.animal)

derivation	:	prawn,
definition	:	fish for prawns (verb.contact)

8. any of various edible decapod crustaceans (noun.food)

derivation	:	shrimp,
definition	:	fish for shrimp (verb.competition)

derivation	:	prawn,
definition	:	fish for prawns (verb.contact)

9. fish for prawns (verb.contact)

derivation	:	prawn,
definition	:	shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible (noun.animal)

derivation	:	prawn, shrimp,
definition	:	any of various edible decapod crustaceans (noun.food)