Palaemon
noun
Pa·lae·mon
pəˈlēˌmän
: a large widely distributed genus (the type of the family Palaemonidae) of prawns with prominently toothed rostrum and three-jointed mandibular palp
palaemonid adjective or noun
-mənə̇d
palaemonoid adjective
-ˌnȯid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, name of a sea god, from Greek Palaimōn