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CALLINECTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Callinectes mean?
• CALLINECTES (noun)
The noun CALLINECTES has 1 sense:
1. New World blue crabs
Familiarity information: CALLINECTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
New World blue crabs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Callinectes; genus Callinectes
Hypernyms ("Callinectes" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Callinectes"):
blue crab; Callinectes sapidus (bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America)
Holonyms ("Callinectes" is a member of...):
family Portunidae; Portunidae (swimming crabs)
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