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English noun: Brachyura

1. Brachyura (animal) an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface


Synonymssuborder Brachyura


Broader (hypernym)animal order


Member holonymbrachyuran, Cancridae, crab, family Cancridae, family Lithodidae, family Majidae, family Pinnotheridae, family Portunidae, genus Menippe, genus Uca, Lithodidae, Majidae, Menippe, Pinnotheridae, Portunidae, Uca


Member meronymReptantia, suborder Reptantia









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