Definition of Cancridae

1. Noun. Many of the best known edible crabs.

Exact synonyms: Family Cancridae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Brachyura, Suborder Brachyura
Member holonyms: Cancer, Genus Cancer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancridae

Canavalia gladiata
Canavan's disease
Canavan's sclerosis
Canavan-van Bogaert-Bertrand disease
Canberra
Canberran
Canberrans
Cancer
Cancer borealis
Cancer irroratus
Cancer magister
Cancer the Crab
Cancerian
Cancerians
Cancers
Cancridae (current term)
Cancun
Candace
Candi
Candice
Candida
Candida albicans producing proteinase
Candide
Candlemas
Candlemas Day
Candlemases
Candomblé
Candy
Canella-alba

Literary usage of Cancridae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries at the University of Liverpool, and by University of Liverpool, Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory, University of Liverpool Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory (1907)
"I give here the chief characters of the one family—the Cancridae. Cancridae.—Marine crabs with the branchial region not greatly swollen. ..."

2. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"... end of the fourth joint of the chelipeds armed with a sharp spine, and are also said to have a greater general resemblance to some of the Cancridae. ..."

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