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LONG-CLAWED PRAWN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers
Synonyms:
long-clawed prawn; Palaemon australis; river prawn
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("long-clawed prawn" is a kind of...):
prawn (shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible)
Meronyms (parts of "long-clawed prawn"):
river prawn (large Australian prawn)
Holonyms ("long-clawed prawn" is a member of...):
genus Palaemon; Palaemon (type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus)