CRANGONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Crangonidae mean? 

• CRANGONIDAE (noun)
  The noun CRANGONIDAE has 1 sense:

1. shrimps

  Familiarity information: CRANGONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRANGONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrimps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Crangonidae; family Crangonidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Crangonidae"):

Crangon; genus Crangon (type genus of the family Crangonidae)

shrimp (small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible)

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

Natantia; suborder Natantia (shrimp; prawns; etc.)