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spot prawn

spot prawn noun: pandalus platyceros, a shrimp found in the northern Pacific Ocean.

spot prawn: pandalus platyceros, a shrimp found in the northern Pacific Ocean
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Noun

spot prawn (plural spot prawns)

  1. Pandalus platyceros, a shrimp found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
    • The California Spot Prawn is a beautiful species of shrimp found in deep waters along our coast, with a vibrant red body covered in white stripes and spots.
      The meat is sweet, delicate, and delicious, making spot prawns a local delicacy.2024 February 27 (last accessed), “Spot Prawns – What to know, when & where to get them”, in Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust
    Synonyms:
    spot shrimp, Alaskan prawn

Synonyms of spot prawn

  • spot shrimp
  • Alaskan prawn

Forms of spot prawn

pluralspot prawns
alternative formSpot Prawn

Questions about spot prawn

What does spot prawn mean?
Spot prawn means pandalus platyceros, a shrimp found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
What part of speech is spot prawn?
Spot prawn is a noun.
What is the plural of spot prawn?
The plural of spot prawn is spot prawns.

Words near spot prawn in the dictionary

  1. spot lenses
  2. spot market
  3. spot markets
  4. spot of bother
  5. spot on
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  8. spot price
  9. spot prices
  10. spot prize
  11. spot prizes

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