Eucarida

plural noun
Eu·​carida | \ (¦)yü+\

Definition of Eucarida

: an extensive group of crustaceans having the thoracic segments covered by and fused with a carapace and the eyes on movable stalks and constituting the orders Euphausiacea and Decapoda of the subclass Malacostraca

History and Etymology for Eucarida

New Latin, from eu- + -carida (from Latin carid-, caris, a kind of sea crab)

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