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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 riversplay

  Familiarity information: PALAEMON AUSTRALIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PALAEMON AUSTRALIS (noun)


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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