Vocabulary : Brachypinacoid to Brachyurous

Brachypinacoid : A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.
Brachyptera : A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.
Brachypteres : A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins.
Brachypterous : Having short wings.
Brachystochrone : A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid.

Brachytypous : Of a short form.
Brachyura : A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.
Brachyural : Alt. of Brachyurous
Brachyuran : One of the Brachyura.
Brachyurous : Of or pertaining to the Brachyura.

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