majidae

English Thesaurus

1. spider crabs (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	spider crab,
definition	:	any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus maia, genus maja, maia, maja,
definition	:	type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus macrocheira, macrocheira,
definition	:	giant crabs of Japan (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	brachyura, suborder brachyura,
definition	:	an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface (noun.animal)