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Brachyura

Definition: Brachyura

Brachyura

Noun

1. An order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Brachyura" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Etymology: Brachyura \Brach`y*u"ra\, plural noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression brachy`s short tail.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Brachyura

Synonym: suborder Brachyura (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Brachyura

English words defined with "Brachyura": brachyurous ♦ suborder Brachyura. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Brachyura

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Books

  • Development and Rearing of Zoea Larvae in Brachyura (Crustacea Decapoda: A Bibliography) (reference)

  • The marine fauna of New Zealand : larvae of the Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Brachyura

Illustrations:
Brachyura

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Photo Album: Brachyura

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Etisus splendidus, sp. nov. In: "The Brachyura and Macrura of the Hawaiian Islands" by Mary J. Rathbun. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XXIII, for 1903. Part III. P. 930. Plate III. Credit: Fisheries.

Charybdis Erthodactyla (Lamarck). In: "The Brachyura and Macrura of the Hawaiian Islands" by Mary J. Rathbun. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XXIII, for 1903. Part III. P. 930. Plate IV. Credit: Fisheries.

Panularis japonicus (De Siebold). In: "The Brachyura and Macrura of the Hawaiian Islands" by Mary J. Rathbun. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XXIII, for 1903. Part III. P. 930. Plate V. Credit: Fisheries.

Ucides cordates, female. Goniopsis cruentata, male. In: "The Brachyura and Macrura of Porto Rico", by Mary J. Rathbun. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. XX. P. 3, Plate I. Credit: Fisheries.

Parapenaeus americanus, female. Calappa flammea, male. In: "The Brachyura and Macrura of Porto Rico", by Mary J. Rathbun. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. XX. P. 3, Plate II. Credit: Fisheries.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expression: Brachyura

Expression using "Brachyura": suborder Brachyura. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Brachyura

Language Translations for "Brachyura"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

taskurapu. (various references)

   

French

  

brachyoures. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μαλακόστρακα βραχύουρα. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

achyurabray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Brachyura"

Words rhyming with "Brachyura" (pronounced 'Brach`y*u"ra'): Abracadabra, Acciaccatura, Amphineura, Angora, Anisopleura, Anoplura, Anura, Appoggiatura, Arara, Arthropleura, Asura, Aura, Aurora, Branchiura, Bravura, Caelatura, Caesura, Camorra, Capibara, Capybara, Caracara, Cesura, Chara, Chelura, Chikara, Chimaera, Chimera, Cinura, Cora, Crantara, Damara, Datura, Dura, Durra, ERA, Ferrara, Flora, Gastrura, Gemara, hegira, Laura, Legatura, lira, Lyra, Macrura, Madeira, Madrepora, Masora, Millepora, Mira. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Brachyura

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-h-r-r-u-y"

-3 letters: charry, curara, hurray.

-4 letters: array, aurar, brach, burry, carry, charr, chary, churr, crura, curry, harry, hurry, rayah.

-5 letters: achy, arch, aura, ayah, bach, bray, buhr, bura, burr, bury, carb, carr, char, chay, chub, crab, curb, curr, haar, habu, racy, raya, ruby, yuca, yuch.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Brachyura


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 72 61 63 68 79 75 72 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .-.    .-    -.-.    ....    -.--.    ..-    .-.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01110010 01100001 01100011 01101000 01111001 01110101 01110010 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#114 &#97 &#99 &#104 &#121 &#117 &#114 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0072 0061 0063 0068 0079 0075 0072 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

368467697491878467

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern 		9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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