Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A subordinal or superfamily group of stalk-eyed thoracostracous crustaceans of the order Decapoda, containing those which are long-tailed, as the lobster, crawfish, prawn, shrimp, etc.: distinguished from
Brachyura and Anomura.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf.
decapoda .
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[Footnote 1: Pratincola atrata, _Kelaart_.] [Footnote 2: Kittacincla macrura, _Gm_.] [Footnote 3: Copsychussaularis, _Linn.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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