Palaemon
Translingual
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Etymology
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Proper noun
[edit]Palaemon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Palaemonidae – certain shrimps, some called grass shrimp.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Malacostraca – class; Eumalacostraca – subclass; Eucarida – superorder; Decapoda – order; Pleocyemata – suborder; Caridea – infraorder; Palaemonoidea – superfamily; Palaemonidae – family; Palaemoninae – subfamily
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Palaemon adspersus - type species; Palaemon pugio (daggerblade grass shrimp), Palaemon serratus (common prawn), Palaemon varians - selected other species
References
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Palaemon (crustacean) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Palaemon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Palaemonetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Ancient Greek Παλαίμων (Palaímōn).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /paˈlae̯.moːn/, [päˈɫ̪äe̯moːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈle.mon/, [päˈlɛːmon]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /paˈlae̯.mon/, [päˈɫ̪äe̯mɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈle.mon/, [päˈlɛːmon]
Proper noun
[edit]Palaemō̆n m sg (genitive Palaemō̆nis or Palaemō̆nos); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Palaemō̆n |
| genitive | Palaemō̆nis Palaemō̆nos |
| dative | Palaemō̆nī |
| accusative | Palaemō̆na |
| ablative | Palaemō̆ne |
| vocative | Palaemō̆n |
References
[edit]- “Palaemon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press