Definitions for crustacean
krʌˈsteɪ ʃəncrus·tacean

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crustaceanadjective

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

2. crustaceous, crustaceanadjective

   of or belonging to the class Crustacea

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1. crustaceannoun

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

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1. Crustacean

   Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group can be treated as a subphylum under the clade Mandibulata. It is now well accepted that the hexapods (such as insects) emerged deep in the Crustacean group, with the completed group referred to as Pancrustacea. Some crustaceans (Remipedia, Cephalocarida, Branchiopoda) are more closely related to insects and the other hexapods than they are to certain other crustaceans.The 67,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at 0.1 mm (0.004 in), to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span of up to 3.8 m (12.5 ft) and a mass of 20 kg (44 lb). Like other arthropods, crustaceans have an exoskeleton, which they moult to grow. They are distinguished from other groups of arthropods, such as insects, myriapods and chelicerates, by the possession of biramous (two-parted) limbs, and by their larval forms, such as the nauplius stage of branchiopods and copepods. Most crustaceans are free-living aquatic animals, but some are terrestrial (e.g. woodlice, sandhoppers), some are parasitic (e.g. Rhizocephala, fish lice, tongue worms) and some are sessile (e.g. barnacles). The group has an extensive fossil record, reaching back to the Cambrian. More than 7.9 million tons of crustaceans per year are harvested by fishery or farming for human consumption, consisting mostly of shrimp and prawns. Krill and copepods are not as widely fished, but may be the animals with the greatest biomass on the planet, and form a vital part of the food chain. The scientific study of crustaceans is known as carcinology (alternatively, malacostracology, crustaceology or crustalogy), and a scientist who works in carcinology is a carcinologist.

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1. crustacean

   A crustacean is a type of invertebrate animal belonging to the Arthropod phylum. They predominantly live in water and have a hard, protective shell or exoskeleton. Their body is usually segmented, and they have jointed limbs. This group includes animals such as crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and barnacles.

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1. Crustaceanadjective

   of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous

2. Crustaceannoun

   an animal belonging to the class Crustacea

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1. Crustacean

   Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 67,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at 0.1 mm, to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span of up to 12.5 ft and a mass of 44 lb. Like other arthropods, crustaceans have an exoskeleton, which they moult to grow. They are distinguished from other groups of arthropods, such as insects, myriapods and chelicerates, by the possession of biramous limbs, and by the nauplius form of the larvae. Most crustaceans are free-living aquatic animals, but some are terrestrial, some are parasitic and some are sessile. The group has an extensive fossil record, reaching back to the Cambrian, and includes living fossils such as Triops cancriformis, which has existed apparently unchanged since the Triassic period. More than 10 million tons of crustaceans are produced by fishery or farming for human consumption, the majority of it being shrimp and prawns. Krill and copepods are not as widely fished, but may be the animals with the greatest biomass on the planet, and form a vital part of the food chain. The scientific study of crustaceans is known as carcinology, and a scientist who works in carcinology is a carcinologist.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of crustacean in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of crustacean in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of crustacean in a Sentence

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   The importance of the brine shrimp in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem can’t be overstated, we are thrilled about the designation of the brine shrimp as the state crustacean and the attention they are getting for their role at the Great Salt Lake.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=crustacean
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Crustacean
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustacean
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crustacean
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=crustacean