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Webster 1913 Edition
Brachyura
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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
See Brachyoura
.] Crab
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Brachyura
Brachyura
Translingual
Proper noun
Brachyura
- A taxonomic infraorder within the order Decapoda – the true crabs, characteristically with a short tail and a reduced abdomen.
Hypernyms
- (infraorder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder
Hyponyms
- (infraorder): Dromiacea, Raninoida, Cyclodorippoida, Podotremata, Eubrachyura - sections; Heterotremata, Thoracotremata - subsections of Eubrachyura
Coordinate terms
- (infraorder): Anomura (hermit crabs etc)