suborder Brachyura

suborder Brachyura
noun
an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
Syn: ↑Brachyura
Derivationally related forms: ↑brachyurous (for: ↑Brachyura)
Hypernyms: ↑animal order
Member Holonyms: ↑Reptantia, ↑suborder Reptantia
Member Meronyms:

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  • animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order …   Useful english dictionary

  • brachyurous — adjective of or belonging to the suborder Brachyura • Pertains to noun: ↑suborder Brachyura • Derivationally related forms: ↑Brachyura …   Useful english dictionary

  • Reptantia — noun lobsters; crabs • Syn: ↑suborder Reptantia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Decapoda, ↑order Decapoda • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • crab — crab1 crablike, adj. /krab/, n., v., crabbed, crabbing. n. 1. any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.… …   Universalium

  • Cancridae — noun many of the best known edible crabs • Syn: ↑family Cancridae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Brachyura, ↑suborder Brachyura • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • family Cancridae — noun many of the best known edible crabs • Syn: ↑Cancridae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Brachyura, ↑suborder Brachyura • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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