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tropical prawn

tropical prawn

2.9
A small sea creature like a shrimp that lives in warm water and people eat
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɒpɪkəl prɔːn/
  • UK
translation icon : gamba tropical
  • The chef used fresh tropical prawn in her signature curry dish.

Examples

  • Fishermen in Southeast Asia often harvest tropical prawn for export and local markets.

  • A salad of mango and tropical prawn is popular during the summer months.

  • I love eating tropical prawns in summer.

  • Have you ever tried tropical prawns?

  • A salad of mango and tropical prawn is popular during the summer months.

  • The chef used fresh tropical prawn in her signature curry dish.

  • Fishermen in Southeast Asia often harvest tropical prawn for export and local markets.

Synonyms

shrimp
vstropical prawn
289 1.0

A small sea animal with a long body and ten legs that people eat

is more specific and comes from tropical and warm waters
prawn
vstropical prawn
  • UK
24 1.0

A small sea animal like a shrimp with a hard shell that people eat

is found in warm tropical waters and used in cooking

Surface Forms

tropical prawn singular
tropical prawns plural

Morphology

tropical + prawn

The meaning is directly compositional: 'tropical' specifies the geographic/climatic origin of the noun 'prawn', so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to prawns from warm/tropical waters. This simple adjective+noun modification is a cross-linguistically common and predictable pattern, making it accessible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

The noun tropical prawn comes from the simple picture of a prawn that lives in tropical 'warm waters'. That's why it means a prawn from those regions, usually the kind people buy to eat.