Prawn
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Prawns are crustaceans, 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.
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Winchell, Alexander Sketches of Creation (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1870)
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