PINNOTHERIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pinnotheridae mean? 

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

1. tiny soft-bodied crabs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINNOTHERIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tiny soft-bodied crabs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pinnotheridae; Pinnotheridae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pinnotheridae"):

genus Pinnotheres; Pinnotheres (type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs)

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

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