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suborder Brachyura, n.

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

brachyurous

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hypernym

animal order

member holonym

Reptantia, suborder Reptantia

member meronym

brachyuran crab Menippe, genus Menippe Cancridae, family Cancridae Portunidae, family Portunidae Uca, genus Uca Pinnotheridae, family Pinnotheridae Lithodidae, family Lithodidae Majidae, family Majidae