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prawn

[prawn] / prɔn /


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Ivory Coast's national dish attiéké has gained UN cultural heritage status, along with Japanese sake, Thai prawn soup and Caribbean cassava bread.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

Between overfishing, climate change, plastic pollution, and habitat destruction, it’s a bad time to be a prawn, cod, seabird, or whale.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024

Lunch was roast rack of lamb with an Asian-style marinade, prawn tacos with pineapple salsa and a strawberry ginger trifle.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

When he could not convince his father to get into year-round prawn cultivation, Tom reached a deal with him: “Grow pokkali, but leave marketing to me.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Trapped in my bond in this wretched life, I felt like the river prawn we’d found that day.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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