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Pchuang Posted 19 years ago
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heavy bodied

0 here is the context: they are talking about crayfish.02br
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00Crayfish are heavy bodied crustaceans ...02br
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00does it mean: the body is heavily protected by shells?02br
00or, their body weight is rather large? 0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Pchuang12cite 10here is the context: they are talking about crayfish. the sentence reads: Crayfish are heavy bodied crustaceans ... heavy bodied?

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Pchuang12cite 10here is the context: they are talking about crayfish.
  • the sentence reads: Crayfish are heavy bodied crustaceans ...
  • heavy bodied?
  • does it mean: the body is heavily protected by shells?
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01cite10Pchuang12cite10here is the context: they are talking about crayfish. the sentence reads: Crayfish are heavy bodied crustaceans ... heavy bodied? does it mean: the body is heavily protected by shells? or, their body weight is rather large?12blockquote
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0 their shells are thick. may be.02br
00that was what i thought. thanks. 0-
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01cite10Pchuang12cite10their shells are thick. may be. that was what i thought. thanks.12blockquote
10I also think it means their crust are thick. If we use the 'body' instead of 'crust' , others maybe confused by thinking the body are fat or something like that:P0-
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0 Hi, I think that they could be defined as heavy-bodied crustaceans because they have big pincers plus the carapace and exoscheleton, despite thin, are heavy armours 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Mary is heavy-bodied02font00 means that she weighs a lot. It's usually used for people who are fat, over-weight.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0 I've also read that heavy-bodied means something like "tasty", "with a strong flavour", is it right?02br
00Well, despite the crayfish are tasty I don't think it's the right meaning here 050010id1
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0 what about : heavy- blood 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00It's one of many rather recondite terms that are used to discuss the characteristics of wine.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Can you provide the context in which you found this word, please?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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