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Definition of Macrurans
1. macruran [n] - See also: macruran
Lexicographical Neighbors of Macrurans
Literary usage of Macrurans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1864)
"Among the subdivisions of macrurans, ... or degradational macrurans ; the
pervertire, in the outer maxillipeds taking the form and functions of feet, ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"... and macrurans among Decapods. The Isopods have a compact body, a short abdomen,
which is not used in locomotion, with relatively short antennae, ..."
3. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"The macrurans seem to have frequented embay- ments and protected locations near
the land, ... It is not improbable that the macrurans, then as now, ..."
4. Revised Text-book of Geology by James Dwight Dana, William North Rice (1897)
"The macrurans made their first appearance in the Devonian, ... comparing the
macrurans, which appeared in the Devonian, ..."
5. Introductory Geology: A Text-book for Colleges by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1914)
"The macrurans seem to have frequented embayments and protected locations near
... Probably macrurans had representatives in terrestrial waters then, as now. ..."
6. Introductory Geology: A Text-book for Colleges by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1914)
"The macrurans seem to have frequented embayments and protected locations near
... Probably macrurans had representatives in terrestrial waters then, as now. ..."
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