LITHODIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lithodidae mean? 

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

1. deep-sea crabs of cold waters

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITHODIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deep-sea crabs of cold waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Lithodidae; Lithodidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Lithodidae"):

genus Paralithodes; Paralithodes (a genus of Lithodidae)

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

Brachyura; suborder Brachyura (an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface)