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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A subordinal or superfamily group of stalk-eyed thoracostracous crustaceans of the order Decapoda, containing those which are long-tailed, as the lobster, crawfish, prawn, shrimp, etc.: distinguished from Brachyura and Anomura.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. decapoda.

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