oxystomatous
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oxystomatous — oxy·stoma·tous … English syllables
Rathbun, Mary Jane — ▪ American marine zoologist born June 11, 1860, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S. died April 4, 1943, Washington, D.C. American marine zoologist known for establishing the basic taxonomic information on Crustacea (crustacean). In 1881, at the… … Universalium
box crab — noun Etymology: so. called from the way the legs fold against the carapace, resembling a box 1. : a crab of the tropical oxystomatous family Calappidae 2. : a large rough anomuran crab (Lopholithodes foraminatus) of the Pacific coast of No.… … Useful english dictionary
dorippidae — pəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Dorippe, type genus (probably from Dorippa, a Latin & Greek feminine name) + idae : a nearly cosmopolitan family (type genus Dorippe) of small deep water oxystomatous crabs … Useful english dictionary
