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brachyurous

brachyurous adjective: brachyural.

Adjective

brachyurous (not comparable)

  1. brachyural

Origin of brachyurous

From Latin brachyūrus, from Ancient Greek βραχύουρος (brakhúouros, “short-tailed”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Questions about brachyurous

What does brachyurous mean?
Brachyurous means brachyural.
What part of speech is brachyurous?
Brachyurous is an adjective.

Words near brachyurous in the dictionary

  1. brachyural
  2. brachyuran
  3. brachyuranic
  4. brachyurans
  5. brachyuric
  6. brachyurous
  7. brachyury
  8. braciform
  9. bracing
  10. bracing aback
  11. bracing about

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