macrura in English

noun

(Zoology) a subdivision of decapod Crustacea

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1. Definition of Brachyura : a tribe of the suborder Reptantia or in some classifications a suborder of Decapoda comprising crustaceans with the abdomen greatly reduced and more or less folded against the ventral surface of the thorax and including the typical crabs — compare anomura, macrura