PALINURIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Palinuridae mean? 

• PALINURIDAE (noun)
  The noun PALINURIDAE has 1 sense:

1. spiny lobsters

  Familiarity information: PALINURIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALINURIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spiny lobsters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Palinuridae; Palinuridae

Hypernyms ("Palinuridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Palinuridae"):

genus Palinurus; Palinurus (type genus of the family Palinuridae)

Holonyms ("Palinuridae" is a member of...):

Decapoda; order Decapoda (lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns)