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thalaˈssinian, a. and n.
[f. mod.L. Thalassina + -ian.]
a. adj. Of or pertaining to the Thalassinidæ, a family of long-tailed decapod crustaceans, the scorpion-lobsters.
b. n. A crustacean of this family. So thaˈlassinoid a.
1842Penny Cycl. XXIV. 274/2 Mr. Milne Edwards arranges the family of Thalassinians, or Burrowing Macrura, between the Scyllarians and the Astacians. Ibid., Cryptobranchids,..all the Thalassinians which are without respiratory appendages suspended under the abdomen. |