RIVER PRAWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does river prawn mean? 

• RIVER PRAWN (noun)
  The noun RIVER PRAWN has 2 senses:

1. large Australian prawn

2. large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers

  Familiarity information: RIVER PRAWN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIVER PRAWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large Australian prawn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("river prawn" is a kind of...):

prawn; shrimp (any of various edible decapod crustaceans)

Holonyms ("river prawn" is a part of...):

long-clawed prawn; Palaemon australis; river prawn (large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

long-clawed prawn; Palaemon australis; river prawn

Hypernyms ("river prawn" is a kind of...):

prawn (shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible)

Meronyms (parts of "river prawn"):

river prawn (large Australian prawn)

Holonyms ("river prawn" is a member of...):

genus Palaemon; Palaemon (type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus)