Australian English Meaning of brachyura

Short-tailed crabs

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Definitions and Meaning of brachyura in English

Wordnet

brachyura (n)

an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface

Webster

brachyura (n. pl.)

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.

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Short-tailed crabs

an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surfaceA group of decapod Crustacea, including the common cra

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brachytypous => brachytypous, brachystochrone => Brachistochrone, brachystegia speciformis => None, brachystegia => Brachystegia, brachypterous => Brachypterous,