FAMILY CANCRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Cancridae mean? 

• FAMILY CANCRIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CANCRIDAE has 1 sense:

1. many of the best known edible crabs

  Familiarity information: FAMILY CANCRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CANCRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Many of the best known edible crabs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cancridae; family Cancridae

Hypernyms ("family Cancridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Cancridae"):

Cancer; genus Cancer (type genus of the family Cancridae)

Holonyms ("family Cancridae" is a member of...):

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