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BRACHYURA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
Synonyms:
Brachyura; suborder Brachyura
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Brachyura" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Brachyura"):
brachyuran (typical crabs)
crab (decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers)
genus Menippe; Menippe (stone crabs)
Cancridae; family Cancridae (many of the best known edible crabs)
family Portunidae; Portunidae (swimming crabs)
genus Uca; Uca (fiddler crabs)
family Pinnotheridae; Pinnotheridae (tiny soft-bodied crabs)
family Lithodidae; Lithodidae (deep-sea crabs of cold waters)
family Majidae; Majidae (spider crabs)
Holonyms ("Brachyura" is a member of...):
Reptantia; suborder Reptantia (lobsters; crabs)
Derivation:
brachyurous (of or belonging to the suborder Brachyura)
