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    MAJIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Spider crabsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Majidae; Majidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "Majidae"):

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

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

    genus Macrocheira; Macrocheira (giant crabs of Japan)

    Holonyms ("Majidae" 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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