octopus vs prawn

octopus

noun
  • The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food. 

  • An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre. 

  • Any of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers. 

verb
  • To behave like an octopus. 

  • To hunt and catch octopuses. 

  • To put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time. 

  • To grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended. 

  • To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions. 

  • To plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet. 

prawn

noun
  • A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp. 

  • A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata. 

  • A fool, an idiot. 

  • Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face. 

verb
  • To fish for prawns. 

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