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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brachyura \Brach`y*u"ra\, n. pl [NL., fr Gr brachy`s short + ? tail.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Brachyura n : an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface [syn: {Brachyura}, {suborder Brachyura}]
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