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adjective
Zoology
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belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
Origin:
1890–95;
rhizo-
+
-cephalous
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rhi·zo·ceph·a·lan,
noun
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