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PYCNOGONIDA
Pyc `
no
*
gon
"i *
da,
n.
pl.
Etym:
[
NL.
,
fr.
Gr.
(Zoöl.)
Defn: A
class
of
marine
arthropods
in
which
the
body
is
small
and
thin,
and
the
eight
legs
usually
very
long;
--
called
also
Pantopoda.
Note:
The
abdomen
is
rudimentary,
and
the
triangular
mouth
is
at
the
end
of
a
tubular
proboscis.
Many
of
them
live
at
great
depths
in
the
sea,
and
the
largest
of
them
measure
two
feet
across
the
extended
legs.
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