Translation for 'prawn' from English to Spanish

prawn [Br.]

gamba {f}gastr.zool.T

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prawn cocktail [Br.]

cóctel {m} de gambasgastr.

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Dublin Bay prawn

cigala {f}gastr.ictiol.

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king prawn

langostino {m}gastr.zool.T

• As its name suggests, mud whiting prefer muddy or silty substrates, and are commonly found in association with the banana prawn.
• Cradock has also been credited in the United Kingdom as the originator of the prawn cocktail.
• Bang Phae is considered the largest giant freshwater prawn (domestically known as river prawn, or indigo claws prawn) farming site in the country.
• The most important species for aquaculture are "Marsupenaeus japonicus" (Kuruma prawn), "Fenneropenaeus chinensis" (Chinese prawn), "Penaeus monodon" (giant tiger prawn) and "Litopenaeus vannamei" (whiteleg prawn).
• The eastern king prawn is an edible dendrobranch prawn endemic to eastern Australia.

• "Metapenaeus bennettae" is a species of small prawn found in eastern Australia, where it is called the greentail or greasyback prawn.
• According to British chef Will Meyrick, krupuk crackers that use prawn appeared in Malay peninsula in the 16th century.
• Ballina is home to the world's largest prawn model (made of concrete and fibreglass).
• Whiteleg shrimp ("Litopenaeus vannamei", synonym "Penaeus vannamei"), also known as Pacific white shrimp or King prawn, is a species of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean commonly caught or farmed for food.
• "Macrobrachium malcolmsonii" is an omnivorous, bottom-dwelling, freshwater prawn. Its common name is monsoon river prawn.

• Norwegian lobsters are also known as Dublin Bay prawns, - the term prawn can be confusing as it is a vernacular or colloquial term that has no clearly defined scientific meaning - see Shrimp versus prawn.
• "Penaeus esculentus" (the brown tiger prawn, common tiger prawn or "tiger prawn") is a species of prawn which is widely fished for consumption around Australia.
• 11 species of fish, 5 species of prawn and 2 crab species are commercially important.
• Numerous prawn farms were also set up along these two rivers where such crustacean species naturally thrived.
• A freshwater prawn farm is an aquaculture business designed to raise and produce freshwater prawns or shrimp [...] for human consumption.