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Definition of Family cancridae
1. Noun. Many of the best known edible crabs.
Exact synonyms: 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 Family Cancridae
Literary usage of Family cancridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"The name belongs rather to the family Cancridae, in which belong more common
edible crabs than to any other group. BOCK CRYSTAL. ..."
2. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1919)
"This genus resembles the family Cancridae in the form of the carapace, front and
orbits; while the swimming paddles and the abdomen are like those of the ..."