anomura

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anomura - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anomura \An`o*mu"ra\, Anomoura \An`o*mou"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr.
     Gr. ? lawless + o'yra` tail.] (Zool.)
     A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an
     example.
     [1913 Webster] Anomural