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macrura

macrura


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Macrura  \Ma*cru"ra\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  long  +  ?  tail.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  subdivision  of  decapod  Crustacea,  having  the  abdomen 
  largely  developed.  It  includes  the  lobster,  prawn,  shrimp, 
  and  many  similar  forms.  Cf  {Decapoda}.