a. and sb. [f. mod.L. edriophthalma sb. pl. (irregularly f. Gr. ἕδρα seat + ὀφθαλμ-ός eye) + -IAN.]
A. adj. Belonging to or resembling the Edriophthalma, or ‘sessile-eyed’ Crustacea (including the Prawns, Shrimps, etc.) B. sb. An individual of that order.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 369. The organisation of the Stomatopoda is more Edriophthalmian (and especially Amphipodan) than Podophthalmian.
1835–6. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 787/1. Several Edriophthalmians are also born before they have acquired the whole of their extremities.
So Edriophthalmous a. [see -OUS.]
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 285. The head … of an Insect, or Edriophthalmous Crustacean.
