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Webster 1913 Edition


Stomapoda


Sto-map′o-da

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Stoma
, and
-poda
.]
(Zool.)
An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also
Gastrula
,
Stomatopoda
, and
Squilloidea
.