carcinization
Meaning
Noun
- The convergent evolution of decapod crustaceans from forms dissimilar to true crabs into similar forms.
Origin
- , coined by British zoologist Lancelot Alexander Borradaile (1872–1945) in a 1916 report: see the quotation.
Modern English dictionary
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