Hypernyms for "crab"
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Alaska crab
Alaska king crab
Alaskan king crab
blue crab
Cancer borealis
Cancer irroratus
Cancer magister
crab legs
Dungeness crab
fiddler crab
hard-shell crab
Japanese crab
Jonah crab
king crab
Menippe mercenaria
Paralithodes camtschatica
pea crab
rock crab
soft-shell crab
soft-shelled crab
spider crab
stone crab
swimming crab
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.