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GENUS PALAEMON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Palaemon mean? 

GENUS PALAEMON (noun)
  The noun GENUS PALAEMON has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genusplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS PALAEMON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PALAEMON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Palaemon; Palaemon

Hypernyms ("genus Palaemon" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Palaemon"):

prawn (shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible)

long-clawed prawn; Palaemon australis; river prawn (large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers)

Holonyms ("genus Palaemon" is a member of...):

family Palaemonidae; Palaemonidae (prawns)


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