Of or relating to brachyurans (crabs); characteristic of the short-tailed crustacean order.
From 'brachyuran' + '-ic' (adjective-forming suffix), providing another adjectival form with slightly different usage implications in technical contexts.
Scientific language is beautifully redundant—having multiple forms like 'brachyural' and 'brachyuranic' lets researchers choose the word that fits their sentence structure best!
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