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brachyurous

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brach⋅y⋅ur⋅ous

  [brak-ee-yoor-uhs]
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–adjective Zoology.
shorttailed, as a crab (opposed to macrurous ).
Origin:
1820–30; < NL Brachyura name of the group. See brachy-, -urous
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brach·y·u·ran   (brāk'ē-yŏŏr'ən)   
adj.  Of or belonging to the Brachyura, a group of crustaceans including the true crabs, characterized by a short abdomen concealed under the cephalothorax.
n.  A member of the Brachyura.

[From New Latin Brachyūra, suborder name : Greek brakhu-, brachy- + Greek ourā, tail; see -urous.]
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