Definition of crus

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Crus (n.) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank..

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Heartbreak :: Heartbreak (n.) Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.
Pleopod :: Pleopod (n.) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.
Rock :: Rock (n.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds..
Basipodite :: Basipodite (n.) The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.
Jam :: "Jam (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door..
Gribble :: Gribble (n.) A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America..
Scud :: Scud (n.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
Crush :: Crush (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily..
Argulus :: Argulus (n.) A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura..
Incrustation :: Incrustation (n.) The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted..
Apus :: Apus (n.) A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.
Subdue :: Subdue (v. t.) To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.
Endopleurite :: Endopleurite (n.) The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.
Endostoma :: Endostoma (n.) A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.
Insect :: Insect (n.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
Stalking-horse :: Stalk-eyed (a.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans..
Craze :: Craze (v. t.) To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
Antennule :: Antennule (n.) A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennae or feelers of Crustacea.
Crus :: Crus (n.) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain..
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