crustacean
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.
belonging or pertaining to the crustaceans.
Origin of crustacean
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How to use crustacean in a sentence
The global patchwork of protected areas they propose is big enough to preserve the 28,594 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, dragonflies and crustaceans for which the researchers have data.
Can people protect as much space as nature needs? | Jonathan Lambert | January 21, 2021 | Science News For StudentsIf you’ve ever dined on tasty crab, lobster or shrimp, you’ve eaten a crustacean.
Explainer: Insects, arachnids and other arthropods | Curtis Segarra | January 19, 2021 | Science News For StudentsScientists have been finding these plastic bits in all kinds of animals, from tiny crustaceans to birds and whales.
Polluting microplastics harm both animals and ecosystems | Alison Pearce Stevens | November 3, 2020 | Science News For StudentsWhen hauled up, the sides close from the top, catching crustaceans inside.
14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean | By Bob McNally/Field & Stream | October 19, 2020 | Popular-ScienceOctopuses, which prey on crustaceans, worms and mollusks, bob in and out of the bones.
Whales get a second life as deep-sea buffets | Stephen Ornes | October 15, 2020 | Science News For Students
Here are four secrets to bring your crustacean habit to a new level.
Another edible crustacean of considerable economic importance is the blue crab.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterA small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.
The Devil's Dictionary | Ambrose BierceHe replied that it was only a familiar species of phyllopodous crustacean, known as Eubranchipus vernalis.
A Year in the Fields | John BurroughsIn form it suggested a huge crab, though it was not very much like any crustacean I had ever seen.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousThe eye of a crustacean is a very complicated structure, commonly described as a compound eye.
The Sea Shore | William S. Furneaux
British Dictionary definitions for crustacean
/ (krʌˈsteɪʃən) /
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
of, relating to, or belonging to the Crustacea
Origin of crustacean
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Scientific definitions for 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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Cultural definitions for crustacean
[ (kru-stay-shuhn) ]
A class of arthropods with shells.
Notes for crustacean
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