Found 2 items, similar to Pycnogonida.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Pycnogonida
Pycnogonida
n : sea spiders [syn:
order Pycnogonida]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pycnogonida
Pycnogonida
\Pyc`no*gon"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thick
crowded + ? knee.] (Zo["o]l.)
A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and
thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also
Pantopoda.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The abdomen is rudimentary, and the triangular mouth is
at the end of a tubular proboscis. Many of them live at
great depths in the sea, and the largest of them
measure two feet across the extended legs.
[1913 Webster]