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View synonyms for crustacean

crustacean

[ kruh-stey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. belonging or pertaining to the crustaceans.

crustacean

/ krʌˈsteɪʃən /

noun

  1. 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

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Crustacea

crustacean

/ krŭ-stāshən /

  1. 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.


crustacean

  1. A class of arthropods with shells.


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Notes

Crabs, lobsters, shrimp, and crayfish are crustaceans.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of crustacean1

1825–35; < New Latin Crustace ( a ) (neuter plural) hard-shelled ones ( crust, -acea ) + -an

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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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Example Sentences

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 small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.

He replied that it was only a familiar species of phyllopodous crustacean, known as Eubranchipus vernalis.

In form it suggested a huge crab, though it was not very much like any crustacean I had ever seen.

The eye of a crustacean is a very complicated structure, commonly described as a compound eye.

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