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macrurous, macrourous, a. Zool.|məˈkrʊərəs| [f. mod.L. macrūra neut. pl. (f. Gr. µακρό-ς long + οὐρά tail) + -ous.] Pertaining to the Macrura, or long-tailed tribe of the Decapod Crustacea, which includes the lobster and its congeners.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlviii. IV. 452 Exochnata (Macrurous Decapod Crustacea, Latr.). 1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 445/1 The Macrourous Decapods..are all organized for swimming. 1890Nature 11 Sept., The descent of crabs from macrurous ancestors. So maˈcrural, -ˈoural a. (also n. one of the Macrura); maˈcruran, -ˈouran a. and n.
1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Macrourans. 1851Brit. Assoc. Rep., Sections 81 On the Antennæ of the Annulosa, and their Homology in the Macrourals. By Dr. W. Macdonald. 1852Dana Crust. i. 33 Corresponding precisely in its course to that of the Macroural suture. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 340 Nor are the antennules capable of being folded back into distinct chambers in any Macruran at present known. 1902Edin. Rev. Jan. 202 It is not technically a crab but a Pagurid, a macruran hermit. |