Cassivelaunus


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Cassivelaunus

(ˌkæsɪvəˈlɔːnəs)
n
(Biography) 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
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At "Corway Stakes" - the first bend above Walton Bridge - was fought a battle between Caesar and Cassivelaunus. Cassivelaunus had prepared the river for Caesar, by planting it full of stakes (and had, no doubt, put up a notice-board).
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The biology of burrowing crab, Coryetes cassivelaunus. Bijdr.
Distribution, Abundance and Population Ecology of Ashtoret lunaris (Forskel, 1775) and Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798 from the Sonmiani Bay (Lagoon), Pakistan
Epizoites on marine invertebrates: with particular reference to those associated with the pycnogonid Phoxichilidium tubulariae Lebour, the amphipod Caprella linearis (L.) and the decapod Corystes cassivelaunus (Pennant).
No effects and no control of epibionts in two species of temperate pycnogonids

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