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Palaemon serratus
Prawn Prawn, n. [OE. prane, of unknown origin; cf. L. perna a sea mussel.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antenn[ae]. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Pal[ae]mon, Pal[ae]monetes, and Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is Pal[ae]mon serratus. Note: The name is often applied to any large shrimp.

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- Palaemon (Ancient Gr****: Παλαίμων) may refer to: Palaemon, epithet of Heracles Palaemon, son of Heracles by either Autonoe or Iphinoe Palaemon, the name...
- adspersus Rathke, 1836 Palaemon affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837 Palaemon afric**** (Balss, 1916) Palaemon annandalei (Kemp, 1917) Palaemon antennarius H. Milne...
- Palaemon serratus, also called the common prawn, is a species of shrimp found in the Atlantic Ocean from Denmark to Mauritania, and in the Mediterranean...
- Palaemon paludosus, commonly known as ghost shrimp, gl**** shrimp, and eastern gr**** shrimp, is a species of freshwater shrimp from the southeastern United...
- Palaemon affinis is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. Early authors used the name Palaemon affinis for specimens now known to belong to a...
- Quintus Remmius Palaemon or Quintus Rhemnius Fannius Palaemon was a Roman grammarian and a native of Vicentia. He lived during the reigns of Emperors...
- Μελικέρτης, romanized: Melikértēs, sometimes Melecertes), later called Palaemon or Palaimon (Παλαίμων), was a Boeotian prince as the son of King Athamas...
- the genus Palaemon: Palaemon serratus, Palaemon longirostris and Palaemon adspersus, and has displaced or replaced po****tions of Palaemon adspersus in...
- Linnaeus, 1758 Palaemon aztecus de Saussure, 1857 Palaemon brachydactylus Wiegmann, 1836 Palaemon carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758) Palaemon laminatus von Martens...
- In Gr**** mythology, Palaemon or Palaimon (Ancient Gr****: Παλαίμων means 'wrestler') may refer to the following personages: Palaemon, the name that Melicertes...