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prawn

Any of various shrimps of the suborder Natantia (‘swimming’), of the crustacean order Decapoda, as contrasted with lobsters and crayfishes, which are able to ‘walk’. Species called prawns are generally larger than species called shrimps.
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But it goes one better - two better, actually - because its North Sea beat doesn't just follow a prawning trawler but goes out with an RNLI lifeboat and the helicopters called out to emergencies on oil rigs and offshore gas platforms.
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What gives shrimping and prawning a bad name and plays into the hands of those who want to see it banned, is the angler who comes down to the river first thing in the morning, baits up and uses nothing else for the rest of the day.
PRAWNS NEED CURB NOT BAN by Wilkie, Silver / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Sadly, the drought has wrought havoc on this business and the prawning industry.
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