'Brachyura' definitions:
Definition of 'Brachyura'
(from WordNet)
noun
An order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface [syn: Brachyura, suborder Brachyura]
Definition of 'Brachyura'
From: GCIDE
- Brachyura \Brach`y*u"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. brachy`s short + o'yra` tail.] (Zool.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster] Brachyural