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CANCRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cancridae mean?
• CANCRIDAE (noun)
The noun CANCRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. many of the best known edible crabs
Familiarity information: CANCRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Many of the best known edible crabs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cancridae; family Cancridae
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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