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The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.

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  1. n. pl. The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
  2. n. pl. A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.
  3. 1. (Zoöl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. Note: They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others. 2. (Zoöl.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.
  4. The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters,crabs, etc.
  5. n lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns n squids and cuttlefishes