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Callinectes

noun

New World blue crabs

• Syn: ↑genus Callinectes

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Portunidae, ↑family Portunidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑blue crab, ↑Callinectes sapidus

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\\ˌkaləˈnek(ˌ)tēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from calli- + -nectes

: a genus of swimming crabs (family Portunidae) comprising the New World blue crabs

Useful english dictionary. 2012.