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PALINURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Palinurus mean?
• PALINURUS (noun)
The noun PALINURUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Palinuridae
Familiarity information: PALINURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Palinuridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Palinurus; Palinurus
Hypernyms ("Palinurus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Palinurus"):
crawfish; crayfish; langouste; rock lobster; sea crawfish; spiny lobster (large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters)
Holonyms ("Palinurus" is a member of...):
family Palinuridae; Palinuridae (spiny lobsters)
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