genus portunus

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   type genus of the family Portunidae

   SynonymsPortunus

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofPortunidae

Questions about genus portunus

What does genus portunus mean?

genus portunus means "type genus of the family Portunidae".

What is another word for genus portunus?

Close synonyms include Portunus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus portunus a common word?

genus portunus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.