crustacea

Noun

Meaning

One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

class Crustacea shrimp crustacean shellfish prawn decapod seafood crustaceous krill mollusca crustose shellfishes crustaceans molluscs lobsters

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Hypernyms

class

Examples

Among the procellariids, the prions concentrate on small crustacea, the fulmarine petrels take fish and krill but little squid, while the Procellaria petrels consume mainly squid. Source: Internet

Invertebrates ('animals without blood') are insects, crustacea (divided into non-shelled – cephalopods – and shelled) and testacea (molluscs). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

crust punk crusta crusta lactea crustaceal crustacean crustaceological