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Meaning Of Stomapoda
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.