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SUBORDER REPTANTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Reptantia mean? 

SUBORDER REPTANTIA (noun)
  The noun SUBORDER REPTANTIA has 1 sense:

1. lobsters; crabsplay

  Familiarity information: SUBORDER REPTANTIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUBORDER REPTANTIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lobsters; crabs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Reptantia; suborder Reptantia

Hypernyms ("suborder Reptantia" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "suborder Reptantia"):

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

lobster (any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae)

family Homaridae; Homaridae (large-clawed lobsters)

Holonyms ("suborder Reptantia" is a member of...):

Decapoda; order Decapoda (lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns)


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