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Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs, some of which are edible.
The giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) is an important species for aquaculture.
A bigclaw river shrimp from the Neotropics. Prawns are sometimes stated to be "large shrimp" or alternatively "freshwater shrimp", but this large-bodied, freshwater crustacean is a caridean shrimp, and is rarely referred to as a prawn.
Prawns for sale in a fish market of Kolkata
Shrimp and prawn as food
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Shrimps and prawns are types of crustacean seafood that are consumed worldwide. Prawns and shrimps are crustacea and are very similar in appearance with the terms often used interchangeably in commerc
Prawn
…in the United States. The term prawn is less commonly used in the United States, being applied mainly to larger shrimp and those living in freshwater. Shrimp and prawn as food Shrimp versus prawn shrimp, lobster, crab ngrams…
Awadhi marinated king prawns
Mussels and shrimps, Vincent van Gogh (1886)
A Norway lobster, Dublin Bay prawn, or langoustine with eggs — the basis of scampi
An adult female Norway lobster, Dublin Bay prawn, or langoustine with eggs