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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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