| suborder Brachyura 
 
 an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
 • Syn:
 Brachyura
 • Derivationally related forms:
 brachyurous (for: Brachyura)
 • Hypernyms:
 animal order
 • Member Holonyms:
 Reptantia, suborder Reptantia
 • Member Meronyms:
 brachyuran, crab, Menippe, genus Menippe, Cancridae,
 family Cancridae, Portunidae, family Portunidae, Uca, genus Uca, Pinnotheridae,
 family Pinnotheridae, Lithodidae, family Lithodidae, Majidae, family Majidae
 
 
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