Pandalidae

plural noun

Pan·​dal·​i·​dae

panˈdaləˌdē

: a family of deepwater prawns with elongated laterally compressed rostrum armed with spines and the first two pairs of legs slender

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Pandalus, type genus + -idae

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