| NOUN | animal | Brachyura, suborder Brachyura | an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface |
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| Meaning | An order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface. | |
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| Synonym | suborder Brachyura | |
| Member of | Reptantia, suborder Reptantia | lobsters |
| Members | Cancridae, family Cancridae | Many of the best known edible crabs |
| 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 |
| Spanish | braquiuros | |
| Catalan | Brachyura, braquiürs | |
| Adjectives | brachyurous | of or belonging to the suborder Brachyura |
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