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Definition of Brachyuran
1. Noun. Typical crabs.
Definition of Brachyuran
1. n. One of the Brachyura.
Definition of Brachyuran
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to crabs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brachyuran
Literary usage of Brachyuran
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Monograph of the British Fossil Crustacea, Belonging to the Order Merostomata by Henry Woodward (1878)
"... which, however, differs greatly from all the other earlier forms. The brachyuran
type, or XIPHOSURA, are represented by a very minute form with free ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"... to the brachyuran there is a forward transfer in the general structure and in
the locomotive function, and thus a great rise in degree of cephalization. ..."
3. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1888)
"... the Anomuran condition passes into that of the young brachyuran. ... and the
little brachyuran by degrees assumes the special peculiarities of Carcinus ..."
4. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eúgen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"126), bears a general resemblance to that of the Anomura, although in this case,
as in Porcellana, there are many suggestions of the brachyuran affinities. ..."
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