- family Majidae
- nounspider crabs• Syn: ↑Majidae• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family• Member Holonyms: ↑Brachyura, ↑suborder Brachyura• Member Meronyms:
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family Majidae
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Majidae — Loxorhynchus grandis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Majidae — prop. n. A natural family comprising the spider crabs. Syn: family {Majidae}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Majidae — noun spider crabs • Syn: ↑family Majidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Brachyura, ↑suborder Brachyura • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
arthropod family — noun any of the arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangiidae, ↑family Phalangiidae, ↑Argiopidae, ↑family Argiopidae, ↑orb weaver, ↑Theridiidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
spider crab — any of various crabs of the family Majidae, having long, slender legs and a comparatively small, triangular body. [1700 10] * * * Any species of sluggish marine crab in the widely distributed family Majidae (or Maiidae). Spider crabs have a beak… … Universalium
Seaweed decorator crab — Taxobox name = Seaweed decorator crab image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda infraordo = Brachyura familia = Majidae genus = Naxia species = N. tumida binomial = Naxia… … Wikipedia
Macrocheira — noun giant crabs of Japan • Syn: ↑genus Macrocheira • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Majidae, ↑family Majidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Brachyura — noun an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface • Syn: ↑suborder Brachyura • Derivationally related forms: ↑brachyurous • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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 ord … Useful english dictionary
genus Maia — noun type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution • Syn: ↑Maja, ↑genus Maja, ↑Maia • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Majidae, ↑family Majidae … Useful english dictionary
