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Crustacean

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to the Crustacea.

n. One of the Crustacea.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton

adj. of or belonging to the class Crustacea

Word Usage

"The independence of a living thing like a human being or a crustacean is a product of the imagination."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

arthropod

Hyponym

branchiopod cirriped brachyuran malacostracan crustacean decapod

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

crustaceous

Rhyme

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