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FAMILY PALINURIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Palinuridae mean?
• FAMILY PALINURIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY PALINURIDAE has 1 sense:
1. spiny lobsters
Familiarity information: FAMILY PALINURIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiny lobsters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Palinuridae; Palinuridae
Hypernyms ("family Palinuridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Palinuridae"):
genus Palinurus; Palinurus (type genus of the family Palinuridae)
Holonyms ("family Palinuridae" is a member of...):
Decapoda; order Decapoda (lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns)
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