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FAMILY CANCRIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Many of the best known edible crabs
Synonyms:
Cancridae; family Cancridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Cancridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Cancridae"):
Cancer; genus Cancer (type genus of the family Cancridae)
Holonyms ("family Cancridae" is a member of...):
Brachyura; suborder Brachyura (an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface)