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Brachyura [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Brachyural [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Brachyurous

Brachyuran [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One of the Brachyura.