anomura

Anomura

An`o*mu"ra\, Anomoura \An`o*mou"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? lawless + ? tail.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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