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pycnogonida |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pycnogonida \Pyc`no*gon"i*da\, n. pl [NL., fr Gr ? thick crowded + ? knee.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also {Pantopoda}. Note: The abdomen is rudimentary, and the triangular mouth is at the end of a tubular proboscis. Many of them live at great depths in the sea, and the largest of them measure two feet across the extended legs. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Pycnogonida n : sea spiders [syn: {Pycnogonida}, {order Pycnogonida}]
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