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HOMARIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Homaridae mean?
• HOMARIDAE (noun)
The noun HOMARIDAE has 1 sense:
1. large-clawed lobsters
Familiarity information: HOMARIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large-clawed lobsters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Homaridae; Homaridae
Hypernyms ("Homaridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Homaridae"):
true lobster (large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs)
genus Homarus; Homarus (type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters)
Holonyms ("Homaridae" is a member of...):
Reptantia; suborder Reptantia (lobsters; crabs)
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