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brachyurous, -ourous, a. Zool.|brækɪˈʊərəs|
[f. mod.L. brachyura, (f. Gr. βραχύ-ς short + οὐρά tail) + -ous.]
Pertaining to the Brachyura, one of the three tribes of Decapod Crustacea, distinguished by the non-development of the abdomen or ‘tail’, including the crab and its congeners.
1828Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlviii. IV. 462 Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea. 1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. IV. 1302/2 In all other..Brachyourous Decapods yet observed, a real metamorphosis takes place. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. vii. 379 The Spiders stand in somewhat the same relation to the Scorpions, as the brachyurous to the macrurous Crustacea.
So brachyˈural, -ˈoural a., brachyˈuran, -ˈouran adj. and n. [cf. -al1, -an.]
1852Dana Crust. i. 33 Not consistent with Brachyural type. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. vi. 350 The Anomuran condition passes into that of the young Brachyuran. |