BRACHYUROUS

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or belonging to the suborder Brachyura

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

suborder Brachyura (an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface)

Derivation:

Brachyura (an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface)

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