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View synonyms for crustacean
crustacean
[ kruh-stey-shuhn ]
noun
- any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice.
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the crustaceans.
crustacean
/ krʌˈsteɪʃən /
noun
- any arthropod of the mainly aquatic class Crustacea, typically having a carapace hardened with lime and including the lobsters, crabs, shrimps, woodlice, barnacles, copepods, and water fleas
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Crustacea
crustacean
/ krŭ-stā′shən /
- Any of various widespread arthropods of the class Crustacea that live mostly in water and have a hard shell, a segmented body, and jointed appendages. Crustaceans include crabs, lobsters, shrimp, barnacles, and copepods.
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Notes
Crabs, lobsters, shrimp, and crayfish are crustaceans.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crustacean1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crustacean1
C19: from New Latin crūstāceus hard-shelled, from Latin crūsta shell, crust
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Another edible crustacean of considerable economic importance is the blue crab.
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A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.
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He replied that it was only a familiar species of phyllopodous crustacean, known as Eubranchipus vernalis.
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In form it suggested a huge crab, though it was not very much like any crustacean I had ever seen.
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The eye of a crustacean is a very complicated structure, commonly described as a compound eye.
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