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PENEIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peneidae mean? 

PENEIDAE (noun)
  The noun PENEIDAE has 1 sense:

1. tropical prawnsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PENEIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical prawns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Peneidae; Peneidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Peneidae"):

genus Peneus; Peneus (type genus of the family Peneidae)

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

Natantia; suborder Natantia (shrimp; prawns; etc.)


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