FAMILY MAJIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Spider crabs

Synonyms:

family Majidae; Majidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Majidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Majidae"):

spider crab (any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies)

genus Maia; genus Maja; Maia; Maja (type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution)

genus Macrocheira; Macrocheira (giant crabs of Japan)

Holonyms ("family Majidae" is a member of...):

Brachyura; suborder Brachyura (an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface)