Angliholic  +  892896 Tue, 08 Sep 09 11:28 PM Hi, Are shrimp and prawn referring to the same insect to you? Is it just a matter of different areas using different names (btw, there is an expression; it just slips my mind)? Thanks. Angliholic Joined on Wed, Feb 14 2007 SomewhereinFormosa Veteran Member 6,474 Without true love, life is meaningless and worthless since our physical world is nothing but a dream. ~~Angliholic~~簡瑞達

	exodejavu  +  892925 Tue, 08 Sep 09 11:49 PM Hi, I think an insect has six legs no matter what places.  The marine life in question, I believe, has more than six legs. exodejavu Joined on Wed, Nov 5 2008 Taiwan Full Member 249 Zealous in mastering the English language

	Grammar Geek  +  892939 Wed, 09 Sep 09 12:01 AM They aren't insects, and here's one scientific defnition: http://museumvictoria.com.au/crust/caribiol.html    It may not match what you hear in a restaurant though, as this lively definition explains: http://www.biology-online.org/biology-forum/about1016.html   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Restaurants

	AlpheccaStars  +  892941 Wed, 09 Sep 09 12:03 AM Wiki distinguishes these as different animals. Here are some quotes from Wiki: Prawns are Decapods, belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata. They are similar in appearance to shrimp, but can be distinguished by the gill structure which is branching in prawns (hence the name, dendro=“tree”; branchia=“gill”), but is lamellar in shrimp. The sister taxon to Dendrobranchiata is Pleocyemata, which contains all the true shrimp, crabs, lobsters, etc. In various forms of English, the name “prawn” is often applied to shrimp as well, generally the larger species, such as Leander serratus. In the United States, according to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, the word “prawn” usually indicates a freshwater shrimp or prawn. AlpheccaStars Joined on Sun, Oct 12 2008 Senior Member 3,508 The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) Countries, United States, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages