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GENUS CALLINECTES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
New World blue crabs
Synonyms:
Callinectes; genus Callinectes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Callinectes" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Callinectes"):
blue crab; Callinectes sapidus (bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America)
Holonyms ("genus Callinectes" is a member of...):
family Portunidae; Portunidae (swimming crabs)
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