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true crab

true crab noun: a brachyuran, a member of the infraorder Brachyura.

Noun

true crab (plural true crabs)

  1. (evolution) A brachyuran, a member of the infraorder Brachyura.

Forms of true crab

pluraltrue crabs

Origin of true crab

true + crab. From being a member of a monophyletic grouping of decapods that have been taxonomically defined as the actual crabs, without polyphyletically grouping in other crab lineages, now delineated as false crabs.

Questions about true crab

What does true crab mean?
True crab means a brachyuran, a member of the infraorder Brachyura.
What part of speech is true crab?
True crab is a noun.
What is the plural of true crab?
The plural of true crab is true crabs.

Words near true crab in the dictionary

  1. true cobras
  2. true color
  3. true colors
  4. true colours
  5. true copy
  6. true crab
  7. true crabs
  8. true crime
  9. true crimes
  10. True Cross
  11. true daikon

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