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Definition of Cancridae
1. Noun. Many of the best known edible crabs.
Exact synonyms: Family Cancridae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Brachyura, Suborder Brachyura
Member holonyms: Cancer, Genus Cancer
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Brachyura, Suborder Brachyura
Member holonyms: Cancer, Genus Cancer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancridae
Literary usage of Cancridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries at the University of Liverpool, and by University of Liverpool, Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory, University of Liverpool Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory (1907)
"I give here the chief characters of the one family—the Cancridae. Cancridae.—Marine
crabs with the branchial region not greatly swollen. ..."
2. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"... end of the fourth joint of the chelipeds armed with a sharp spine, and are
also said to have a greater general resemblance to some of the Cancridae. ..."
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