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OVALIPES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ovalipes mean?
• OVALIPES (noun)
The noun OVALIPES has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Portunidae
Familiarity information: OVALIPES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Portunidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Ovalipes; Ovalipes
Hypernyms ("Ovalipes" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Ovalipes"):
American lady crab; calico crab; lady crab; Ovalipes ocellatus (brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States)
Holonyms ("Ovalipes" is a member of...):
family Portunidae; Portunidae (swimming crabs)
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