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Pycnogonida
(gcide) | Pycnogonida \Pyc`no*gon"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thick
crowded + ? knee.] (Zool.)
A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and
thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also
Pantopoda.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The abdomen is rudimentary, and the triangular mouth is
at the end of a tubular proboscis. Many of them live at
great depths in the sea, and the largest of them
measure two feet across the extended legs.
[1913 Webster] |
pycnogonida
(wn) | Pycnogonida
n 1: sea spiders [syn: Pycnogonida, order Pycnogonida] |
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order pycnogonida
(encz) | order Pycnogonida, n: |
Pycnogonida
(gcide) | Pycnogonida \Pyc`no*gon"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thick
crowded + ? knee.] (Zool.)
A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and
thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also
Pantopoda.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The abdomen is rudimentary, and the triangular mouth is
at the end of a tubular proboscis. Many of them live at
great depths in the sea, and the largest of them
measure two feet across the extended legs.
[1913 Webster] |
order pycnogonida
(wn) | order Pycnogonida
n 1: sea spiders [syn: Pycnogonida, order Pycnogonida] |
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