(n.) Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennae. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Palaemon, Palaemonetes, and Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is Palaemon serratus.
Example Sentences:
(1) There was a certain amount of atmosphere too, thanks mostly to the West Ham fans keeping up a persistent din and celebrating the 15th anniversary of Roy Keane’s prawn sandwich remarks by noting the reserve of the home support.
(2) Wetlands also act as nursery grounds for juvenile fish and prawns.
(3) The small prawns found on the shore during the winter exhibited a much altered behaviour.
(4) The survival rate of the prawns reared under L0:D24 photoperiod was also higher than that of other groups.
(5) The portion of my sample prawn orzo was a modest but polished plate of food, the dense bisque and silky grains of pasta elegantly punctuated by small bursts of tart, sweet semi-dried tomato.
(6) In view of reports that the nerve fibers of the sea prawn conduct impulses more rapidly than other invertebrate nerves and look like myelinated vertebrate nerves in the light microscope, prawn nerve fibers were studied with the electron microscope.
(7) This summer’s shocking revelations about slavery in the Thai fishing industry , which supplies prawns to UK supermarkets, demonstrate that voluntary systems are failing to identify and eradicate these practices.
(8) In all the insecticide exposed prawn tissues, Ammonia levels were significantly increased and a shift in the nitrogen metabolism towards the synthesis of urea and glutamine was observed.
(9) This is what we imagined: the becalmed beauty of the Whitsunday Passage, that spectacular collection of islands protectively nestled inside the Great Barrier Reef, safe from prevailing winds; bright blue languid days gliding over turquoise waters, taking turns at the tiller in our togs; finding our own private cove as the sun goes down; diving into warm pristine waters; the tinkling of intimate laughter; the fizz of champagne and the sizzle of prawns on the barbie.
(10) Ridgeback prawns formed beta-D-glucosides in small quantities, preferring conjugation of p-nitrophenol and 4-nitro-m-cresol to form sulphates and unknown conjugates through a unique conjugation pathway.
(11) 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 for N-acetyl) of chitosan were prepared from prawn shell chitosan, and their susceptibility towards a lysozyme from hen egg-white, three microbial chitinases and a chitinase from potato skins was examined.
(12) At Maní, this quintessential Brazilian fruit comes in the form of a fuchsia-coloured cold soup with a prawn steamed in cachaça.
(13) Dab on a little water to help the cornflour stick to the prawns if necessary.
(14) Hepatopancreatic brush border membrane vesicles of the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii and the marine lobster, Homarus americanus exhibited 22Na uptake which was Cl-independent, amiloride sensitive, and stimulated by a transmembrane H gradient (Hi greater than Ho).
(15) A prawn of 15 mm carapace length could not eliminate all snails.
(16) Changes in hepatopancreas, muscle and gill tissue nitrogen metabolic profiles were studied in a penaeid prawn, Penaeus indicus, following its exposure to sublethal concentrations of methylparathion, carbaryl and aldrin.
(17) Serves 2 1 lemon, very thinly sliced 1 tsp salt 1 tsp caster sugar For the garam masala 1 tsp black peppercorns 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp coriander seeds 2 cardamom pods, seeds only ½ tsp ground cinnamon 1 whole clove For the prawns 2 small shallots, halved 10g ginger, finely grated 2 garlic cloves, finely grated ½ tsp chilli flakes 2 rosemary sprigs, leaves picked and finely chopped 125g tenderstem broccoli, sliced into thirds 200g large prawns, peeled 5g each of basil and coriander, leaves picked 1 Place the lemon slices in a bowl and sprinkle both sides with the salt and caster sugar.
(18) Enjoy tapas – grilled artichoke, skewers of chicken, grilled prawns, cheese or salty hot pork on warm bread – while standing at the marble bar, or raciones at a table round the back.
(19) Effects of phorbol ester (PE) (4 beta-phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate) on transmitter release were studied in the deep extensor neuromuscular system of the prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii.
(20) Population experiments demonstrated that a prawn of 25 mm carapace length could eliminate 95% of a population of 80 snails in a 20-1 aquarium within 20 days and all snails by day 40.
Shrimp
Definition:
(v. t.) To contract; to shrink.
(v.) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(v.) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(v.) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.
(v.) Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eukaryotic ribosomes were isolated from the cryptobiotic embryos and from the further-developed free-swimming nauplii of the brine shrimp Artemia salina.
(2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Invasive freshwater killer shrimp ( Dikerogammarus villosus ) are likely in increase in number in the UK.
(3) There is evidence that they might predate on our native shrimps, on our insect larvae, possibly fish eggs.
(4) Larval salt glands isolated from the naupliar brine shrimp (Artemia salina) were examined using light microscopy and scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
(5) The radioallergosorbent inhibition test, however, suggested that there may be no cross-reactivity or, if any, only very low cross-reactivity between midge allergens and mite, house dust (HD), silk, shrimp, or mosquito allergens.
(6) Shrimp-water extract was fractionated by chromatofocusing with pH and NaCl gradients.
(7) Shrimp-sensitive subjects also had significantly elevated serum levels of shrimp-specific IgG and IgA as compared to control individuals.
(8) We investigated the toxicity of 32 different mycotoxins, 7 macrolides, not 3 other fungal metabolites to Artemia saline (Brine Shrimp) larvae.
(9) Shrimp-specific IgE and IgG, but not IgM and IgA, were significantly higher in the group with shrimp hypersensitivity as compared to the control subjects.
(10) Both shrimp and bovine DNases are sensitive to iodoacetate inactivation under the same condition.
(11) In our experience the occurrence of urticaria, angioedema or anaphylaxis after meals in Chinese or Indonesian restaurants is more often due to IgE-mediated Type I food allergy, caused by consumption of shrimp, peanut or spices, in particular those of the parsley family (e.g.
(12) As to the foreign body, the patient remembered eating a shrimp, which was probably the foreign body in question.
(13) It is reliable and simple--The coefficients of variation for 1.0-5.0 micrograms As (III), kelp and dried small shrimp samples are 1.5-5.6%, 4.4% and 9.5%, respectively.
(14) Brine shrimp growth under these conditions was monitored by measuring body lengths during a 7-day exposure period.
(15) A variety of marine biota, including zooplankton, sargassum, surface plankton, squid, shrimp, and fish collected along the south Texas Outer Continental Shelf, were analyzed for Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Cr, Ni, Fe, and Mn.
(16) Wild P. monodon exoskeleton contained on average 26.3 ppm total carotenoid; normally pigmented farmed shrimp had a similar concentration (25.3 ppm).
(17) Subjects were classified by a history of food allergy (shrimp hypersensitivity) and atopic status.
(18) In the cities of Oasis and Riverside, Calif., tadpole shrimp significantly reduced the abundance of immature mosquitoes (Cx.
(19) Findings of our study, therefore, suggest the potential of shrimp by-catch for the preparation of fish portions in view of its high acceptability and simple processing technique, by using marine resources not fully utilized at present.
(20) The luciferin of the bioluminescent decapod shrimp, Oplophorus gracilorostris, was purified and studied with respect to u.v.