brachyurous

[ brak-ee-yoor-uhs ]

adjectiveZoology.
  1. shorttailed, as a crab (opposed to macrurous).

Origin of brachyurous

1
1820–30; <New Latin Brachyur(a) (see brachyuran) + -ous

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