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rhizocephalous
[ rahy-zoh-sef-uh-luhs ]
adjective
Zoology.
- belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- z·a· noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rhizocephalous1
First recorded in 1890–95; rhizo- + -cephalous
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The rhizocephalous crustaceans are allied to the cirripedes.
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"The rhizocephalous crustaceans do not feed like other animals by their mouths, for they are destitute of an alimentary canal, but they live by absorbing through root-like processes the juices of the animals on which they are parasitic."
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