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crustaceous

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crus·ta·ceous  (kr-stshs)
adj.
1. Having, resembling, or constituting a hard crust or shell.
2. Crustacean.
[Latin crsta, shell; see kreus- in Indo-European roots + -aceous.]
crustaceous [krʌˈsteɪʃəs]
adj
1. forming, resembling, or possessing a surrounding crust or shell
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Zoology another word for crustacean [2]
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Adj.1.crustaceous - of or belonging to the class Crustacea
crustacean
2.crustaceous - being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell
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A minute crustaceous animal (Cancer salinus) is said [4] to live in countless numbers in the brine-pans at Lymington: but only in those in which the fluid has attained, from evaporation, considerable strength -- namely, about a quarter of a pound of salt to a pint of water.
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