noun
an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
• Syn: ↑suborder Brachyura
• Derivationally related forms: ↑brachyurous
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Reptantia, ↑suborder Reptantia
• Member Meronyms:
↑brachyuran, ↑crab, ↑Menippe, ↑genus Menippe, ↑Cancridae, ↑family Cancridae, ↑Portunidae, ↑family Portunidae, ↑Uca, ↑genus Uca, ↑Pinnotheridae, ↑family Pinnotheridae, ↑Lithodidae, ↑family Lithodidae, ↑Majidae, ↑family Majidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.