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PALAEMON AUSTRALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Palaemon australis mean?
• PALAEMON AUSTRALIS (noun)
The noun PALAEMON AUSTRALIS has 1 sense:
1. large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers
Familiarity information: PALAEMON AUSTRALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
long-clawed prawn; Palaemon australis; river prawn
Hypernyms ("Palaemon australis" is a kind of...):
prawn (shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible)
Meronyms (parts of "Palaemon australis"):
river prawn (large Australian prawn)
Holonyms ("Palaemon australis" is a member of...):
genus Palaemon; Palaemon (type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus)
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