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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 Portunidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PORTUNUS (noun)


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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