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FAMILY CRANGONIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Shrimps

Synonyms:

Crangonidae; family Crangonidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Crangonidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Crangonidae"):

Crangon; genus Crangon (type genus of the family Crangonidae)

shrimp (small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible)

Holonyms ("family Crangonidae" is a member of...):

Natantia; suborder Natantia (shrimp; prawns; etc.)

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