GENUS PALINURUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Palinuridae

Synonyms:

genus Palinurus; Palinurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Palinurus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Palinurus"):

crawfish; crayfish; langouste; rock lobster; sea crawfish; spiny lobster (large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters)

Holonyms ("genus Palinurus" is a member of...):

family Palinuridae; Palinuridae (spiny lobsters)