Stomapoda

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stomapoda \Sto*map"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Stoma}, and {-poda}.]
     (Zool.)
     An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds
     are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They
     have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of
     the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large,


     and bear the gills. Called also {Gastrula}, {Stomatopoda},
     and {Squilloidea}.
     [1913 Webster]