Definition of crustacea Crustacea
Crus•ta•ce•a
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What does crustacea mean?
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| crustacea - class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas | ||
| class Crustacea | ||
| class elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" | ||
| arthropoda, phylum arthropoda jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes | ||
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- crustacea (Noun)
Plural of crustacean.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- crustacea (n. pl.)
One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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crustacea
krus-tā′shi-a, n.pl. a large class of Arthropod animals, almost all aquatic, including crabs, lobsters, shrimps, sand-hoppers, wood-lice, water-fleas, barnacles, acorn-shells, &c.—n. Crustā′cean, one of the crustacea.—adj. Crustaceolog′ical.—ns. Crustaceol′ogist; Crustaceol′ogy, the science which treats of the crustacea.—adjs. Crustā′ceous, Crustā′cean, pertaining to the crustacea, or shellfish
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🔤- crustacea, noun, singular of crustaceas / crustaceae.
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