Definitions for crustacean

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crustacean crus·ta·cean

Spelling: [kruh-stey-shuh n]

IPA: /krʌˈsteɪ ʃən/

Crustacean is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 681 anagrams from letters in crustacean (aaccenrstu).

Definitions for crustacean

noun

1. any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the crustaceans.

Origin of crustacean

1825-35; New Latin Crustace(a) (neuter plural) hard-shelled ones (see crust, -acea) + -an

Examples for crustacean

A second later he had swung it between himself and the crustacean.

This crustacean tube a thousand feet long solved the matter.

“This is a magnificent specimen of the crustacean period,” he declared.

Its punishment was simply that it was a Sacculina—that it was a Sacculina when it might have been a crustacean.

In the substance of this polyp lives a crustacean, the nature of which Mons.

Here are four secrets to bring your crustacean habit to a new level.

Crabs and lobsters may be regarded as the chiefs or lords of the crustacean tribes.

Nature has willed that the crustacean should not long remain an invalid.

A beetle, but with the shell of a crustacean instead of mere chitin.

Philadelphia boasts a much superior culture in the crustacean line.