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Portunidae
noun
swimming crabs
Syn: ↑family Portunidae
Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
Member Holonyms: ↑Brachyura, ↑suborder Brachyura
Member Meronyms:
swimming crab, ↑Portunus, ↑genus Portunus, ↑Ovalipes, ↑genus Ovalipes, ↑Callinectes, ↑genus Callinectes

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\\ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷nəˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Portunus, type genus + -idae
: a family of crabs (superfamily Brachyrhyncha) consisting of the swimming crabs and having a subquadrate carapace and the last pair of legs usually with the terminal joint flattened like a paddle

Useful english dictionary. 2012.