PRAWN  , the name of an edible large See also:

• SHRIMP

shrimp-like crustacean in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain usually applied to Leander serratus (see SHRIMP) . The word is in M . Eng. prayne or prane, and no cognate forms are found in any other See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages . It has been often referred to the See also:

• LAT

Lat. perna, a See also:

• HAM

ham-shaped shellfish, but this is due to See also:

• FLORIO, GIOVANNI (1553?-1625)

Florio, who by a See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake glosses parnocchie, prawne-fishes or shrimps . The O . Ital . Perna and pernocchia meant a shellfish which yielded " nacre " or See also:

• MOTHER

mother-of-See also:

• PEARL
• PEARL, THE

pearl .