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tiger shrimp

English translation: see explanation

02:47 Jan 8, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Cooking / Culinary
English term or phrase: tiger shrimp
Once again, one of the containers is poorly sealed and a slick of curry sauce from the tiger shrimp covers the bottom of the plastic bag.
Shirley Fan
Local time: 07:23
Selected answer:see explanation
Explanation:
a kind of shrimp with black stripes like a tiger
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Sabine Akabayov, PhD
Israel
Local time: 02:23
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Thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +15large shrimp (Penaeus monodom) of the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Michael Powers (PhD)
4 +6see explanation
Sabine Akabayov, PhD


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
see explanation


Explanation:
a kind of shrimp with black stripes like a tiger


    Reference: http://library.thinkquest.org/22403/data/medium/species/shri...
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
Israel
Local time: 02:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NancyLynn
6 mins
agree  orientalhorizon
19 mins
agree  Patricia Townshend (X)
1 hr
agree  Will Matter: Right.
10 hrs
agree  Mohamed Ghazal
21 hrs
agree  V_Nedkov
3 days 20 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +15
large shrimp (Penaeus monodom) of the Indian and Pacific Oceans


Explanation:
Merriam-Webster Dictionary

tiger shrimp
One entry found.

tiger shrimp

Main Entry:
tiger shrimp
Function:
noun
Date:
1979

: a large shrimp (Penaeus monodon of the family Penaeidae) of the Indian and Pacific oceans that is often farmed and widely sold as food

Mike :)


Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 19:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  orientalhorizon
3 mins
  -> Thank you,, orientalhorizon - Mike :)
agree  NancyLynn
6 mins
  -> Thank you, NancyLynn - Mike :)
agree  Patricia Townshend (X)
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Patricia - Mike :)
agree  Marie Scarano
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Marie - Mike :)
agree  Gina Ferlisi
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, gina - Mike :)
agree  kmtext: aka tiger prawns. UK usage is that prawns are Paleaemon, Penaeus etc, while shrimp are usually Crangon and Grammarus etc. I think the US lumps them all under the label of shrimp, so it depends on the target readership. I think AUS/NZ follow UK usage here.
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, kmtext - Merriam-Webster: "any of various widely distributed edible decapod crustaceans: as a: one (as of the genera Pandalus and Penaeus) that resembles shrimps and has a large compressed abdomen b: shrimp; especially : a large shrimp ... "
agree  simona trapani
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, simona - Mike :)
agree  Tony M: Note that in the UK / Europe we'd refer to these as 'tiger prawns', as KMT has already pointed out // Interesting, but not over here: shrimp can come from the sea too, though there are such things as 'fresh-water shrimp'
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Tony - to the best of my recollection, I recall in a trial once a federal judge explained to me that prawns aree from salt water versus shrimp from fresh water. Very interesting information - thanks - Mike :)
agree  Will Matter: Right again.
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Will - Mike :)
agree  Carol Gullidge: aka Tiger Prawns in UK English, and shrimps (UK) are also found in the sea. In any case, to us (UK!) shrimps and prawns don't look that alike//Don't worry, in US they're all called prawns anyway!
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Carol - to me they look a lot a like, other than size - but I am probably not as discerning for culinary details as many that are better informed in the US, so I don't want to generalize my ignorance in the subject matter to the rest - Mike :)
agree  Mohamed Ghazal
21 hrs
  -> Thank you, Mohamed - Mike :)
agree  Jenya Meltser-Rakevich
22 hrs
  -> Thank you, Jenya - Mike :)
agree  PB Trans
1 day 21 hrs
  -> Thank you, Pina - Mike :)
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
3 days 10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Marju - Mike :)
agree  V_Nedkov
3 days 20 hrs
  -> Thank you, V-N - Mike :)
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