EUROPEAN SPIDER CRAB

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Meaning:

A large spider crab of Europe

Synonyms:

European spider crab; king crab; Maja squinado

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("European spider crab" is a kind of...):

spider crab (any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies)

Holonyms ("European spider crab" is a member of...):

genus Maia; genus Maja; Maia; Maja (type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution)

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