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MENIPPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Menippe mean?
• MENIPPE (noun)
The noun MENIPPE has 1 sense:
1. stone crabs
Familiarity information: MENIPPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stone crabs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Menippe; Menippe
Hypernyms ("Menippe" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Menippe"):
Menippe mercenaria; stone crab (large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida))
Holonyms ("Menippe" 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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