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Stomapoda
Webster's Dictionary
(n. pl.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stomapoda'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/stomapoda.html. 1828.