FAMILY PINNOTHERIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Tiny soft-bodied crabs

Synonyms:

family Pinnotheridae; Pinnotheridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Pinnotheridae"):

genus Pinnotheres; Pinnotheres (type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs)

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

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