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GLOSSARY 



Acicle: A scale. 



Acuminate : Tapering to a point ; pointed. 



Ambulatory: Used for walking. 



Arcuate : Bent or curved like a bow. 



Areolated: Divided into small divisions. 



Basipodite: Second joint of appendage of decapod. 



Bifid: Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond, cleft. 



Branchial : Region j^osterior to cervical groove and over the branchiae 

 or gills. 



Buccal : Pertaining to the mouth. 



CarjDus: The wrist; third joint from the distal end of a decapod ap- 

 pendage. 



Cervical groove: A groove on the dorsal surface which extends down- 

 wards and forwards and marks the union of head and thorax. 



Clavate : Club-shaped ; shaped like a baseball bat. 



Corneous: Horny. 



Coxopodite: First joint of thoracic appendage of a decapod. 



Dactyl: Last joint of a decapod appendage; the claw. 



Deflexed: Bent abruptly downward. 



Distal: Farthest from the body. 



Divergent: To proceed or extend in different directions from the same- 

 point. 



Emarginate : The margin interrupted by notches or shallow sinuses. 



Epistome: The region between the mouth and antennules. 



p],xopodite: The outer of the 2 branches of a typical decapod appendage.. 



Eye-peduncles: Eyestalks. 



Foramen: An opening. 



Fosette: A cavity. 



Hepatic region: These areas are anterior to the cervical groove and at the- 

 sides of the gastric region. 



Hispid: Rough with bristles or minute spines. 



Jnfraocular: Below the eyes. 



Interorbital: Between the orbits. 



