Definition of Grapsidae
:a cosmopolitan family of crabs including pelagic and littoral and shore crabs as well as a few that have adapted to a strictly terrestrial or to a freshwater mode of life — see grapsus
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Grapsidae
plural noun
Grap·si·dae
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-səˌdē
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Origin and Etymology of grapsidae
New Latin, from Grapsus, type genus + -idae
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