thalassinianadj.n.
A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the Thalassinidæ, a family of long-tailed decapod crustaceans, the scorpion-lobsters.
B. n.
A crustacean of this family.
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thalassinian1842
scorpion lobster1858
yabby1886
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 274/2 Mr. Milne Edwards arranges the family of Thalassinians, or Burrowing Macrura, between the Scyllarians and the Astacians.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 274/2 Cryptobranchids,..all the Thalassinians which are without respiratory appendages suspended under the abdomen.
Derivatives
thaˈlassinoid adj.
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