Prawn

Prawn is a <a href="/facts/Common_name/3KNNezEU">common name</a> for small aquatic <a href="/facts/Crustacean/PBobIVJP">crustaceans</a> with an <a href="/facts/Exoskeleton/Wlmru4GW">exoskeleton</a> and ten legs (members of the order of <a href="/facts/Decapoda/MycLb6mz">decapods</a>), some of which are edible.
The term prawn is used particularly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and <a href="/facts/Commonwealth_of_Nations/TcIRQnNq">Commonwealth</a> nations, for large swimming crustaceans or <a href="/facts/Shrimp/QeWUDe2b">shrimp</a>, especially those with commercial significance in the <a href="/facts/Fishing_industry/f8QwGPoC">fishing industry</a>. Shrimp in this category often belong to the suborder <a href="/facts/Dendrobranchiata/t3C6bunV">Dendrobranchiata</a>. In North America, the term is used less frequently, typically for freshwater shrimp. The terms shrimp and prawn themselves lack scientific standing. Over the years, the way they are used has changed, and in contemporary usage, the terms are almost interchangeable.

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