Definition of crus

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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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Pagurian :: Pagurian (n.) Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit..
Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
Supra-ethmoid :: Supra-esophageal (a.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as, the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously.
Bug :: Bug (n.) One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc..
Epipodite :: Epipodite (n.) The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.
Artemia :: Artemia (n.) A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.
Candied :: Candied (a.) Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits..
Croisado :: Croisado (n.) A holy war; a crusade.
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..
Crusado :: Crusado (n.) An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents..
Scud :: Scud (n.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
Arthrostraca :: Arthrostraca (n. pl.) One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.
Free-milling :: Free-milling (a.) Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment..
Entomostraca :: Entomostraca (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera..
Decapoda :: Decapoda (n. pl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc..
Plutonism :: Plutonism (n.) The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth's crust were formed by igneous fusion; -- opposed to the Neptunian theory..
Crusher :: Crusher (n.) One who, or that which, crushes..
Dellacruscan :: Dellacruscan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence.
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