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PINNOTHERIDAE

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Meaning:

Tiny soft-bodied crabs

Synonyms:

family Pinnotheridae; Pinnotheridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Pinnotheridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pinnotheridae"):

genus Pinnotheres; Pinnotheres (type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs)

Holonyms ("Pinnotheridae" is a member of...):

Brachyura; suborder Brachyura (an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface)

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