Definitions

Hand

• Propodus and dactyl of cheliped.
  (syn. chela) [Williams, 1984]
• Sometimes used as name for chela. [Butler, T. H.]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Anostraca) Long, forked terminal outgrowth of basal segment of antenna in males of certain anostracans. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) Manus. [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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