brachyura

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an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
[Also spelt Brachyoura
A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax