Usually means: Crustaceans with long, segmented tails.
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  6. macruran: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. macruran: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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▸ noun:  (zoology, obsolete) Any of many decapod crustaceans, such as the lobster and shrimp, that were once included in the subdivision Macrura

Similar:
macrourid, malacostracan, Decapod, macrocrustacean, macroramphosid, crustacean, mud lobster, macristiid, apseudomorph, mactrid, more...

Opposite:
microfauna, microorganism, microbe

Types:
lobster, crayfish, shrimp, prawn, langoustine, crab, krill, scampi, more...

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Similar:
macrourid, malacostracan, Decapod, macrocrustacean, macroramphosid, crustacean, mud lobster, macristiid, apseudomorph, mactrid, more...

Opposite:
microfauna, microorganism, microbe

Types:
lobster, crayfish, shrimp, prawn, langoustine, crab, krill, scampi, more...



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