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Shrimp :: Shrimp (v.) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda..

Lucifer :: Lucifer (n.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages..

Bicrural :: Bicrural (a.) Having two legs.

Crura :: Crura (pl. ) of Cru.

Scyllarian :: Scyllarian (n.) One of a family (Scyllaridae) of macruran Crustacea, remarkable for the depressed form of the body, and the broad, flat antennae. Also used adjectively..

Crural :: Crural (a.) Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring..

Tegmentum :: Tegmentum (n.) A covering; -- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.

Macrura :: Macrura (n. pl.) A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. Decapoda..

Equicrural :: Equicrural (a.) Having equal legs or sides; isosceles.

Macroural :: Macroural (a.) Same as Macrura, Macrural, etc..

Interpedencular :: Interpedencular (a.) Between peduncles; esp., between the peduncles, or crura, of the cerebrum..

Crura :: Crura (n. pl.) See Crus.

Macruran :: Macruran (n.) One of the Macrura.

Macrurous :: Macrurous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Macrura; having a long tail.

Macrural :: Macrural (a.) Same as Macrurous.

Equicrure :: Equicrure (a.) Equicrural.

Shrimp :: Shrimp (v.) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form..

Macruroid :: Macruroid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Macrura.

Intercrural :: Intercrural (a.) Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

Precrural :: Precrural (a.) Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse..

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