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CANCRIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Many of the best known edible crabs

Synonyms:

Cancridae; family Cancridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Cancridae"):

Cancer; genus Cancer (type genus of the family Cancridae)

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

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

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