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Crustacean

//kɹʌsˈteɪʃən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subphylum Crustacea.

    "In cooperation with the Bureau of Fisheries he made several motion pictures of crustacean life."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or belonging to the class Crustacea wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods.
  2. 2
    any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From taxonomic name Crustacea + -an.

Etymology 2

From taxonomic name Crustacea + -an.

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