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portunid

portunid noun: any crab of the family Portunidae; a swimming crab.

portunid: any crab of the family Portunidae; a swimming crab
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Noun

portunid (plural portunids)

  1. Any crab of the family Portunidae; a swimming crab.
    • As you wade about, watch for the rapidly swimming portunid crabs that abound in sandy shallows. The king of portunids is the Common Blue Crab (Fig. 133, p. 321), an animal of legendary ferocity.1988, Eugene H. Kaplan, Peterson Field Guides: Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores, page 25
    • Four species of portunid crabs, i.e., Charybdis truncata, C. vadorum, C. feriatus and Portunus hastatoides, were trawled from the southeastern waters of Hong Kong during April 1998.2000, Graham Blackmore, Philip S. Rainbow, “Trace Metals in Portunid Swimming Crabs from the Southeastern Waters of Hong Kong”, in Brian Morton, editor, The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and...
    Synonyms:
    swimming crab

Synonyms of portunid

Forms of portunid

pluralportunids

Questions about portunid

What does portunid mean?
Portunid means any crab of the family Portunidae; a swimming crab.
What part of speech is portunid?
Portunid is a noun.
What is the plural of portunid?
The plural of portunid is portunids.

Words near portunid in the dictionary

  1. portulans
  2. portulent
  3. Portumna
  4. Portunalia
  5. Portunhol
  6. portunid
  7. portunids
  8. portunoid
  9. Portunus
  10. Portuondo
  11. Portuondos

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