BRACHYURA


Meaning of BRACHYURA in English

ˌbrakēˈyu̇rə noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from brachy- + -ura

: a tribe of the suborder Reptantia or in some classifications a suborder of Decapoda comprising crustaceans with the abdomen greatly reduced and more or less folded against the ventral surface of the thorax and including the typical crabs — compare anomura , macrura

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