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tropical prawn

/ˌtrɑpəkəl prɔn/
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Definitions of tropical prawn
  1. noun
    edible tropical and warm-water prawn
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    type of:
    decapod, decapod crustacean
    crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
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