SUBORDER REPTANTIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Lobsters; crabs

Synonyms:

Reptantia; suborder Reptantia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("suborder Reptantia" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "suborder Reptantia"):

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

lobster (any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae)

family Homaridae; Homaridae (large-clawed lobsters)

Holonyms ("suborder Reptantia" is a member of...):

Decapoda; order Decapoda (lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns)