Usually means: Having a short, reduced tail.
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  1. brachyurous: Merriam-Webster
  2. brachyurous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. brachyurous: Vocabulary.com
  4. brachyurous: Wordnik
  5. brachyurous: Wiktionary
  6. brachyurous: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. brachyurous: Dictionary.com
  8. Brachyurous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. brachyurous: Rhymezone
  10. Brachyurous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. brachyurous: FreeDictionary.org
  12. brachyurous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. brachyurous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (zoology) brachyural

Similar:
brachyuranic, subapterous, branchiogenic, brachiolarian, brachyphylline, branchiferous, cross-armed, brachyspiral, debranchiate, brachycalyx, more...

Opposite:
macrurous, long-tailed, long-legged

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Similar:
brachyuranic, subapterous, branchiogenic, brachiolarian, brachyphylline, branchiferous, cross-armed, brachyspiral, debranchiate, brachycalyx, more...

Opposite:
macrurous, long-tailed, long-legged



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