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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, blue point, clam, coquillage, crab, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, langouste, limpet, littleneck clam, lobster, mussel, oyster, periwinkle, quahog, scallop, shellfish, shrimp, snail, soft-shell crab, steamer, whelk
Dictionary Results for prawn:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
prawn
    n 1: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn,
         shrimp]
    2: shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers;
       most are edible
    v 1: fish for prawns

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prawn \Prawn\, n. [OE. prane, of unknown origin; cf. L. perna a
   sea mussel.] (Zool.)
   Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea
   having slender legs and long antenn[ae]. They mostly belong
   to the genera Pandalus, Pal[ae]mon, Pal[ae]monetes, and
   Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn
   is Pal[ae]mon serratus.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The name is often applied to any large shrimp.
         [1913 Webster]

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