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PORTUNUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Portunus mean?
• PORTUNUS (noun)
The noun PORTUNUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Portunidae
Familiarity information: PORTUNUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Portunidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Portunus; Portunus
Hypernyms ("Portunus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Portunus"):
English lady crab; Portunus puber (crab of the English coasts)
Holonyms ("Portunus" is a member of...):
family Portunidae; Portunidae (swimming crabs)
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