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Webster 1913 Edition


Brachyura


Brachˊy-u′ra

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
βραχύσ
short +
οὐρά
tail.]
(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.
[Also spelt
Brachyoura
.]
See
Crab
, and Illustration in Appendix.

Definition 2024


Brachyura

Brachyura

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Brachyura

  1. A taxonomic infraorder within the order Decapoda – the true crabs, characteristically with a short tail and a reduced abdomen.

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