Brachyura

plural noun

Brachy·​ura

ˌbrakēˈyu̇rə

: a tribe of the suborder Reptantia or in some classifications a suborder of Decapoda comprising crustaceans with the abdomen greatly reduced and more or less folded against the ventral surface of the thorax and including the typical crabs compare anomura, macrura

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from brachy- + -ura

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