Note on shrimp and prawns (camarones).
US: Shrimp
are larger, prawns are
smaller.
UK: prawns are larger, shrimp are smaller.
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English Definitions
are
N
a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
area
N
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
area
N
a subject of study
area
N
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
area
N
a particular environment or walk of life
area
N
a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
area
N
the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
N
the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision
N
an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target
N
a number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada
N
a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion); corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs
N
a system of units used to measure areas
of or relating to or involving an area
N
a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement
N
any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts
N
southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)
N
seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia
N
chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
N
one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae
N
absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage
arena
N
a particular environment or walk of life
arena
N
the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand
arena
N
a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
arena
N
a playing field where sports events take place
N
a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage
arenaceous
resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas
N
a sedimentary rock composed of sand
N
deep-rooted perennial of southeastern United States
N
boreal or alpine sandwort
N
common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia
N
perennial succulent herb with small solitary axillary or terminal flowers
N
Eurasian annual sprawling plant naturalized throughout North America
N
low perennial tufted plant of southeastern North America
N
common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America
N
a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods
N
animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae
N
United States historian and political philosopher (born in Germany) (1906-1975)
N
a genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees
N
Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago
growing or living or burrowing in sand
areola
N
small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing
areola
N
small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite
relating to or like or divided into areolae
N
fibrous connective tissue with the fibers arranged in a mesh or net
relating to or like or divided into areolae
N
a member of the council of the Areopagus
N
a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court
Areopagus
N
the highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court)
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