Definition of Porcellanidae
:a large family of anomuran crustaceans that resemble the true crabs and comprise the porcelain crabs and related forms
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Porcellanidae
plural noun
Por·cel·la·ni·dae
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Origin and Etymology of porcellanidae
New Latin, from Porcellana, type genus + -idae
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