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Webster 1913 Edition

Edriophthalma

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Edˊri-oph-thal′ma

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ἑδραῖοσ

steadfast +

ὀφθαλμόσ

the eye.]

(Zoöl.)

A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.

[Written also

Edriophthalmata

.]