Palaemon

noun

Pa·​lae·​mon

pəˈlēˌmän

: a large widely distributed genus (the type of the family Palaemonidae) of prawns with prominently toothed rostrum and three-jointed mandibular palp

palaemonid

-mənə̇d

adjective or noun

palaemonoid

-ˌnȯid

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, name of a sea god, from Greek Palaimōn

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