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crustacean

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crus·ta·cean  (kr-stshn)
n.
Any of various predominantly aquatic arthropods of the class Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimps, and barnacles, characteristically having a segmented body, a chitinous exoskeleton, and paired, jointed limbs.
adj.
Of or belonging to the Crustacea.

[From New Latin Crstcea, class name, neuter pl. of crstceus, hard-shelled, from Latin crsta, shell; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.]

crustacean
Noun
an animal with a hard outer shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water, such as a crab or lobster
Adjective
of crustaceans [Latin crusta shell]

crustacean  (kr-stshn)
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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Noun1.crustaceancrustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
class Crustacea, Crustacea - class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas
green gland - one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae
malacostracan crustacean - a major subclass of crustaceans
decapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
brachyuran - typical crabs
stomatopod, stomatopod crustacean - a kind of crustacean
branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan - aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding
copepod, copepod crustacean - minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
mussel shrimp, ostracod, seed shrimp - tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
barnacle, cirriped, cirripede - marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
chela, nipper, pincer, claw - a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
Adj.1.crustacean - of or belonging to the class Crustacea

crustacean
Translations
Spanish crustacean [krʌsˈteɪʃən] ncrustáceo
French crustacean [krʌsˈteɪʃən] ncrustacé m
German crustacean [krʌsˈteɪʃən] nSchalentier nt, Krustazee f
Italian crustacean [krʌsˈteɪʃən] ncrostaceo

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Captain Nemo pointed out the hideous crustacean, which a blow from the butt end of the gun knocked over, and I saw the horrible claws of the monster writhe in terrible convulsions.
A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but
Stuffed serpents of the most objectionable and horrid kind; giant insects from the tropics, fearsome in every detail; fishes and crustaceans covered with weird spikes; dried octopuses of great size.
 
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