Cancridae

Cancridae
noun
many of the best known edible crabs
Syn: ↑family Cancridae
Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
Member Holonyms: ↑Brachyura, ↑suborder Brachyura
Member Meronyms: ↑Cancer, ↑genus Cancer

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\\ˈkaŋkrəˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Cancri-, Cancer, type genus + -idae
: a large family of crabs (tribe Brachyura) that are nearly cosmopolitan in distribution and include many of the best-known edible crabs — see cancer 5

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