Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Stomapoda

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Stomapoda


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(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.