"Phyllobranchia" is a word in ENGLISH

phyllobranchia ENGLISH
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A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.

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One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attemptsto earn some money as a street performer. Unfortunately, assoon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him anddrags him into his office. The zoo-keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's mostpopular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and thekeeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. Heoffers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until theycan get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit andenters the cage before crowd comes. He discovers that it's agreat job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun ofpeople and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime.However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires ofjust swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying moreattention to the lion in the cag e next to his. Not wanting tolose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top ofhis cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the topto the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo-keepercomes and gives the mime a raise for being such a goodattraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps tauntingthe lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps goingup. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over thefurious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. Thelion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and roundthe cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime startsscreaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!" but the lion is quickand pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up atthe angry lion and the lion says, " Shut up you idiot! Do youwant to get us both fired?"

abdomen ENGLISH

The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

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anomuran ENGLISH

Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans.

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apus ENGLISH

A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.

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astacus ENGLISH

A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See …

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barnacle ENGLISH

Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and …

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basicerite ENGLISH

The second joint of the antennae of crustaceans.

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coxa ENGLISH

The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.

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crayfish ENGLISH

Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very …

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crustacean ENGLISH

An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.

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crustacean ENGLISH

Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.

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crustaceous ENGLISH

Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean.

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dactyl ENGLISH

The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

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dactylar ENGLISH

Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean.

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decapod ENGLISH

A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.

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endopleurite ENGLISH

The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.

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epicarican ENGLISH

An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.

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epimeron ENGLISH

In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage.

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epizoon ENGLISH

One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an …

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exuviation ENGLISH

The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins …

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facet ENGLISH

One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

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