LITHODIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Deep-sea crabs of cold waters

Synonyms:

family Lithodidae; Lithodidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Lithodidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Lithodidae"):

genus Paralithodes; Paralithodes (a genus of Lithodidae)

Holonyms ("Lithodidae" is a member of...):

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