English > Brachyura: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | An order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface. |
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Synonym | suborder Brachyura |
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Member of | Reptantia, suborder Reptantia | lobsters |
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Members | Cancridae, family Cancridae | Many of the best known edible crabs |
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Lithodidae, family Lithodidae | Deep-sea crabs of cold waters |
Majidae, family Majidae | spider crabs |
Menippe, genus Menippe | stone crabs |
Pinnotheridae, family Pinnotheridae | tiny soft-bodied crabs |
Portunidae, family Portunidae | swimming crabs |
Uca, genus Uca | fiddler crabs |
brachyuran | typical crabs |
crab | decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | braquiuros |
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Catalan | Brachyura, braquiürs |
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Adjectives | brachyurous | of or belonging to the suborder Brachyura |
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