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Exopodite :: Exopodite (n.) The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

Post-abdomen :: Post-abdomen (n.) That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen.

Podobranch :: Podobranch (n.) One of the branchiae attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea.

Arthrostraca :: Arthrostraca (n. pl.) One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda..

Prawn :: Prawn (n.) Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennae. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Palaemon, Palaemonetes, and Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is Palaemon serratus..

Malacostracology :: Malacostracology (n.) That branch of zoological science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also carcinology.

Crustaceous :: Crustaceous (a.) Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean.

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..

Ommateum :: Ommateum (n.) A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans..

Antennule :: Antennule (n.) A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennae or feelers of Crustacea.

Meropodite :: Meropodite (n.) The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.

Stalking-horse :: Stalk-eyed (a.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans..

Parasita :: Parasita (n. pl.) A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata..

Anisopoda :: Anisopoda (n. pl.) A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda..

Rhizocephala :: Rhizocephala (n. pl.) A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.

Procerite :: Procerite (n.) The segment next to the flagellum of the antennae of Crustacea.

Carcinology :: Carcinology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology..

Crustaceous :: Crustaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell..

Epizoon :: Epizoon (n.) One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoon. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans..

Crustaceological :: Crustaceological (a.) Pertaining to crustaceology.

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