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HOMARIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large-clawed lobsters

Synonyms:

family Homaridae; Homaridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Homaridae"):

true lobster (large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs)

genus Homarus; Homarus (type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters)

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

Reptantia; suborder Reptantia (lobsters; crabs)

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