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PENEUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Peneus mean?
• PENEUS (noun)
The noun PENEUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Peneidae
Familiarity information: PENEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Peneidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Peneus; Peneus
Hypernyms ("Peneus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Peneus"):
tropical prawn (edible tropical and warm-water prawn)
Holonyms ("Peneus" is a member of...):
family Peneidae; Peneidae (tropical prawns)
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