a. Zool. [f. mod.L. brachyura, (f. Gr. βραχύ-ς short + οὐρά tail) + -OUS.] Pertaining to the Brachyura, one of the three tribes of Decapod Crustacea, distinguished by the non-development of the abdomen or ‘tail,’ including the crab and its congeners.

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1828.  Kirby & Sp., Entomol., xlviii. IV. 462. Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea.

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1849–52.  Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., IV. 1302/2. In all other … Brachyourous Decapods yet observed, a real metamorphosis takes place.

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1877.  Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vii. 379. The Spiders stand in somewhat the same relation to the Scorpions, as the brachyurous to the macrurous Crustacea.

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  So Brachyural, -oural a., Brachyuran, -ouran adj. and sb. [cf. -AL 1, -AN.]

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1852.  Dana, Crust., I. 33. Not consistent with the Brachyural type.

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1877.  Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 350. The Anomuran condition passes into that of the young Brachyuran.

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