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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of amphipod crustaceans, typical of the family Cheluridœ or wood-shrimps.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.
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