crang

[Dut. kreng a carca .] The carca of a whale. [KRANG.] *crań'-gle, v . t . [CRANKLE, CRINKLE.] To twist, to curl. crăng-on, s. [Gr. krangōna shrimp, a prawn, or some similar animal.] Zool.: A genus of Crustaceans, the typical one of the family Crangonide (q. v.). crăng-on'-I-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. crangon, and fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Zool.: A family of macrourous (long-tailed) Crustaceans. The internal antenne are inserted in the same line as the external ones, the first joint of the latter having a large oval or triangular appendage. The front pair of feet are terminated by a monodactylous hand or sub cheliform extremity. [CRANGON.] cra-ni-a, 8. [Low Lat. cranium (q. v.).] [CRA NIUM.] Zool.: A genus of Mollusks, the typical one of the family Craniade. The shell is smooth or radiately striated, the umbo of the dorsal valve subcentral; that of the ventral valve subcentral, marginal, or prominent and cap-like, with an obscure triangular area traversed by a central line. Five recent species are known from Spitz bergen, Britain, the Mediterranean, India, and New South Wales; thirty-seven fo il have been found from the Lower Silurian onward till now. The range of the former is to 150 fathoms.