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LONG-CLAWED PRAWN

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Meaning:

Large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers

Synonyms:

long-clawed prawn; Palaemon australis; river prawn

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Nouns denoting animals

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)

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