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Brachyura   Listen
noun
Brachyura  n. pl.  (Also spelled Brachyoura)  (Zool.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. See Crab.





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Words linked to "Brachyura" :   genus Menippe, genus Uca, family Cancridae, family Majidae, Pinnotheridae, Lithodidae, animal order, Menippe, brachyuran, suborder Reptantia, Portunidae, brachyurous, crab, Reptantia, family Lithodidae, Uca


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