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See Crus.

Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring.

Having two legs. Hooker.

Having equal legs or sides; isosceles. [R.] "Equicrural triangles." Sir T. Browne.

Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.

Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. Decapoda.

Same as Macrurous.

One of the Macrura.

Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse.

especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.

Equicrural. [Obs.]

Between peduncles; esp., between the peduncles, or crura, of the cerebrum.

A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.

Same as Macrura, Macrural, etc.

Like or pertaining to the Macrura.

Of or pertaining to the Macrura; having a long tail.

One of a family (Scyllaridæ) of macruran Crustacea, remarkable for the depressed form of the body, and the broad, flat antennæ. Also used adjectively.

Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.

ing; -- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.