Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A long-tailed decapod crustacean of the family Thalassinidæ.
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Upon the next table (21) are the sea craw-fish and sea locusts; and upon the succeeding table (22) the visitor will remark the destructive scorpion-lobster of India, the excavations of which seriously damage the roads of that part of the world; Shrimps in all their varieties; the delicate alima, with its pale thin shell; and the long king crab.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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