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GENUS PINNOTHERES

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs

Synonyms:

genus Pinnotheres; Pinnotheres

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Pinnotheres" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pinnotheres"):

pea crab (tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks)

oyster crab; Pinnotheres ostreum (tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters)

Holonyms ("genus Pinnotheres" is a member of...):

family Pinnotheridae; Pinnotheridae (tiny soft-bodied crabs)

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