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prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
maroon; reddish-brown
fried prawns; fried shrimp
kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus); kuruma shrimp; Japanese tiger prawn
shrimp (infraorder Caridea); small shrimp, prawn or lobster
to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment
sakura shrimp (Sergia lucens)
freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)
northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp; northern pink prawn; red shrimp; Maine shrimp
goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
boiled red prawn, shrimp, lobster, etc. (sometimes used as a New Year decoration)
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
shrimp-shaped taro variety
shiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce
Calanthe discolor (species of orchid)
Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis); oriental shrimp; fleshy prawn
all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; (lit.) a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too
being bent (with age); being stooped over
Japanese bondage torture (bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, and the rope is tightened until their ankles touch their neck)
crayfish (esp. red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii)
botan shrimp (Pandalus nipponensis)
shrimp with mayonnaise
snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus); pistol prawn
tadpole shrimp (Triopsidae spp.); shield shrimp
shelled shrimp (that have also had their heads removed)
gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)
Japanese lobster (Metanephrops japonicus)
northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp; northern pink prawn; red shrimp; Maine shrimp
whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn
whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)
Indian bait prawn (Palaemon pacificus)
blunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)
kangaroo shrimp (Glyphus marsupialis)
Japanese glass shrimp (Pasiphaea japonica)
broad velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis lata); shiba shrimp (Metapenaeus joyneri)
Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis); oriental shrimp; fleshy prawn
Calanthe tricarinata (species of orchid)
Hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris)
Calanthe reflexa (species of orchid)
fan lobster (Ibacus spp., esp. the Japanese fan lobster, Ibacus ciliatus); sand crayfish
Japanese spear lobster (Linuparus trigonus)
banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus); coral banded shrimp; banded boxer shrimp
giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon); black tiger prawn
tora velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis acclivis)
slipper lobster of genus Scyllarus (esp. species Scyllarus cultrifer)
Japanese wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius); wine raspberry; wineberry
spiny lebbeid (Lebbeus groenlandicus)