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Definition of Family Portunidae
1. Noun. Swimming crabs.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Brachyura, Suborder Brachyura
Member holonyms: Swimming Crab, Genus Portunus, Portunus, Genus Ovalipes, Ovalipes, Callinectes, Genus Callinectes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Portunidae
Literary usage of Family Portunidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"The family Portunidae, or the swimming crabs, have, with one exception, the last
pair of legs developed into a swimming ..."
2. The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes: Being by John Stanley Gardiner (1903)
"PORTUN ID AE (SWIMMING CRABS). 1. General. The family Portunidae are distinguished
from the rest of the round-fronted ..."
3. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1871)
"It is common around India, Australia, and the Phillipine Islands, and is a member
of the family Portunidae. Among the fishes found in the gulf-weed, ..."
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