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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of macrurous decapod crustaceans, having a large broad abdomen, well-developed caudal swimmerets, the first pair of legs chelate, the last pair weak and reduced: typified by the genus Galathea. Properly written Galateidæ.

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