river prawn

1. 1.

   large Australian prawn

   Broaderprawn

   Part oflong-clawed prawn
2. 2.

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

   Synonymslong-clawed prawnPalaemon australis

   Broaderprawn

   Part ofPalaemon

   Partsriver prawn

Questions about river prawn

What does river prawn mean?

river prawn means "large Australian prawn". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for river prawn?

Close synonyms include long-clawed prawn, Palaemon australis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is river prawn a common word?

river prawn is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.