GENUS PALINURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Palinurus mean? 

• GENUS PALINURUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS PALINURUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Palinuridae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PALINURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Palinuridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Palinurus; Palinurus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Palinurus" is a member of...):

family Palinuridae; Palinuridae (spiny lobsters)