Parthenopidae

plural noun

Par·​the·​nop·​i·​dae

ˌpärthəˈnäpəˌdē

: a widely distributed family of spider crabs with long heavy chelipeds

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Parthenope, type genus + -idae

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