brachyura

brachyura has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n. pl.. A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.
• n.. an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface