Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penaeid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pe-naeid
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any prawn of the family Penaeidae, many of which have economic importance.

Example Sentences

"Some 63.1 percent of brackishwater production consists of penaeid shrimps."

Inflected Forms

penaeids (plural)

Questions

What does penaeid mean?: Any prawn of the family Penaeidae, many of which have economic importance.

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