Akademik

Majidae

noun

spider crabs

• Syn: ↑family Majidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Brachyura, ↑suborder Brachyura

• Member Meronyms:

↑spider crab, ↑Maja, ↑genus Maja, ↑Maia, ↑genus Maia, ↑Macrocheira, ↑genus Macrocheira

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\\ˈmājəˌdē, ˈmaj-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Maja, type genus + -idae

: a large family of oxyrhynchan crabs that includes most of the spider crabs

Useful english dictionary. 2012.