cancridae

English Thesaurus

1. many of the best known edible crabs (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	cancer, genus cancer,
definition	:	type genus of the family Cancridae (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)