GENUS MENIPPE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Stone crabs

Synonyms:

genus Menippe; Menippe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Menippe" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Menippe"):

Menippe mercenaria; stone crab (large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida))

Holonyms ("genus Menippe" is a member of...):

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