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PINNOTHERES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pinnotheres mean?
• PINNOTHERES (noun)
The noun PINNOTHERES has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs
Familiarity information: PINNOTHERES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pinnotheres; Pinnotheres
Hypernyms ("Pinnotheres" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Pinnotheres"):
pea crab (tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks)
oyster crab; Pinnotheres ostreum (tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters)
Holonyms ("Pinnotheres" is a member of...):
family Pinnotheridae; Pinnotheridae (tiny soft-bodied crabs)
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