palaemon

Questions about palaemon

What does palaemon mean?

palaemon means "type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus".

How many syllables are in palaemon?

palaemon has 4 syllables and divides as pa-la-e-mon under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for palaemon?

Close synonyms include genus Palaemon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is palaemon a common word?

palaemon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.