crustacea
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.crus·ta·cea
noun plural \ˌkrəs-ˈtā-sh(ē-)ə\Definition of CRUSTACEA
: arthropods that are crustaceans
Origin of CRUSTACEA
New Latin, group name, from neuter plural of crustaceus
First Known Use: 1814
crus·ta·cea
noun plural \ˌkrəs-ˈtā-sh(ē-)ə\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of CRUSTACEA
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capitalized : a large class of mostly aquatic arthropods that have a chitinous or calcareous and chitinous exoskeleton, a pair of often much modified appendages on each segment, and two pairs of antennae and that include the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, wood lice, water fleas, and barnacles
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