Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Brachyura"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brachyura \Brach`y*u"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. brachy`s short +
? tail.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Brachyura
n : an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a
reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface [syn:
{Brachyura}, {suborder Brachyura}]
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