Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

true crab

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
true crab
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brachyuran, a member of the infraorder Brachyura.

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

true crabs (plural)

Questions

What does true crab mean?
A brachyuran, a member of the infraorder Brachyura.
Where does true crab come from?
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.

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