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Cancridae

noun

many of the best known edible crabs

• Syn: ↑family Cancridae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Brachyura, ↑suborder Brachyura

• Member Meronyms: ↑Cancer, ↑genus Cancer

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\\ˈkaŋkrəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Cancri-, Cancer, type genus + -idae

: a large family of crabs (tribe Brachyura) that are nearly cosmopolitan in distribution and include many of the best-known edible crabs — see cancer 5

Useful english dictionary. 2012.