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camaron|kæməˈrəʊn, ˈkæmərən| Also cammaron. [ad. Sp. camarón shrimp, f. L. cam(m)arus sea-crab.] A freshwater shrimp or prawn resembling the crayfish.
1880T. H. Huxley Crayfish 329 These fluviatile prawns (known in many places by the name of ‘Cammarons’) are not unfrequently confounded with true crayfishes. 1920Glasgow Herald 31 Dec. 12 Camarons are excellent when boiled. 1947M. Lowry Under Volcano vii. 229 The boy brought them camarones, red shrimps in a saucer. 1967Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. V. 371 Nephrops norvegicus{ddd}is known by the following common names:..Norway lobster, Dublin Bay prawn, North Shields prawn, Beardog (Britain)..Langostino, Camaron, Cigala, Maganto, Escamarlanch (Spain). |