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Penaeus

noun
Pe·​nae·​us | \ pə̇ˈnēəs\

Definition of Penaeus

: a genus (the type of the family Peneidae) of edible prawns with well-developed rostrum and exopodites on all but the last pair of legs

History and Etymology for Penaeus

New Latin, probably from Latin Peneus, river in northwestern Peloponnesus, Greece, from Greek Pēneios

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