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palaemonoid

palaemonoid noun: any shrimp of the superfamily Palaemonoidea.

Noun

palaemonoid (plural palaemonoids)

  1. Any shrimp of the superfamily Palaemonoidea
    • The other palaemonoid families are therein jointly defined primarily by the slender third maxilliped and the mandible usually with a prominent incisor.2015, Sammy De Grave et al., “Let’s be pals again: major systematic changes in Palaemonidae (Crustacea: Decapoda)”, in PeerJ, volume 3, →DOI

Forms of palaemonoid

pluralpalaemonoids

Questions about palaemonoid

What does palaemonoid mean?
Palaemonoid means any shrimp of the superfamily Palaemonoidea.
What part of speech is palaemonoid?
Palaemonoid is a noun.
What is the plural of palaemonoid?
The plural of palaemonoid is palaemonoids.

Words near palaemonoid in the dictionary

  1. palaelodids
  2. palaemoid
  3. palaemoids
  4. palaemonid
  5. palaemonids
  6. palaemonoid
  7. palaemonoids
  8. palaeo
  9. palaeo-
  10. palaeo-aeolian
  11. palaeo-earthquake

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