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Crangonidae

noun

shrimps

• Syn: ↑family Crangonidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Natantia, ↑suborder Natantia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Crangon, ↑genus Crangon, ↑shrimp

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\\kranˈgänəˌdē, -ˈgōn-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Crangon, type genus + -idae

: a large family of shrimps that have the first two pairs of legs chelate and the first pair enlarged and usually unsymmetrical — see snapping shrimp

Useful english dictionary. 2012.