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Endognath :: Endognath (n.) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.

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..

Coffin :: Coffin (n.) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie..

Metanauplius :: Metanauplius (n.) A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, and having about seven pairs of appendages..

Crummy :: Crummy (a.) Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty..

Shellfish :: Shellfish (n.) Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs..

Hepato-pancreas :: Hepato-pancreas (n.) A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates..

Pomace :: Pomace (n.) The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding..

Basipodite :: Basipodite (n.) The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.

Malacostracology :: Malacostracology (n.) That branch of zoological science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also carcinology.

Oostegite :: Oostegite (n.) One of the plates which in some Crustacea inclose a cavity wherein the eggs are hatched.

Cranioclast :: Cranioclast (n.) An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases..

Scale :: Scale (n.) An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler..

Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped..

Crusta :: Crusta (n.) A crust or shell.

Stomate :: Stomapoda (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea..

Pycnodont :: Pycnodont (n.) Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing..

Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill..

Pedireme :: Pedireme (n.) A crustacean, some of whose feet serve as oars..

Eruption :: Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion..

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