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prawny

prawny adjective: resembling prawn, prawn-like.

Adjective

prawny (comparative more prawny, superlative most prawny)

  1. Resembling prawn, prawn-like.

Forms of prawny

comparativemore prawny
superlativemost prawny

Origin of prawny

From prawn + -y.

Questions about prawny

What does prawny mean?
Prawny means resembling prawn, prawn-like.
What part of speech is prawny?
Prawny is an adjective.

Words near prawny in the dictionary

  1. prawners
  2. prawniest
  3. prawning
  4. prawnlike
  5. prawns
  6. prawny
  7. Praxean
  8. Praxeanism
  9. Praxeanist
  10. Praxeanists
  11. praxeological

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