Look up: crustacean

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   Crustacean
   Crustaceans are a class of animals (class Crustacea) that have a hard exoskeleton, jointed legs, and a segmented body that is bilaterally symmetrical. They have two pairs of sensory antennae, one pair of mandibles (for chewing food), and two pairs of maxillae (to help the mandibles in positioning the food). Crustaceans are invertebrates (they lack a backbone) and arthropods (which also includes the insects ). Some crustaceans include trilobites , lobsters ,shrimp , barnacles, and (pronounced cry...
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   Crustacean
   see 'crustacea'
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   crustacean
   [n] - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
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   Crustacean
   [pronounce: crust-ay-shun] Arthropod with chalky shell and 5-7 pairs of legs (e.g. lobster).
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   crustacean
   Crustaceans are animals with jointed legs (arthropods) and hard shells. They include crabs, lobsters and barnacles.
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   Crustacean
   Crus·ta'cean adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- noun An animal belonging to the class Crustacea .
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   crustacean
   A shell-covered sea creature - for example crabs and lobsters. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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   crustacean
   noun any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
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   crustacean
   adjective of or belonging to the class Crustacea
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    Crustacean
    The `crustaceans` (`Crustacea`) are a large group of arthropods, comprising approximately 52,000 described species . They include various familiar animals, such as lobsters, crabs, shrimp, crayfish and barnacles. The majority are aquatic, living in either fresh water or marine environments, but a few groups have adapted to terrestrial life, such as terrestrial crabs, terrestrial hermit crabs and woodlice. The majority are motile, moving abou...
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    Crustacean
    • (n.) An animal belonging to the class Crustacea. • (a.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.
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    crustacean
    any member of the subphylum Crustacea (phylum Arthropoda), a group of invertebrate animals consisting of some 39,000 species distributed worldwide. ... [28 related articles]
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    crustacean
    A member of the class Crustacea (from the Latin crustaceus, meaning to have a shell or rind) within the phylum Arthropoda. Crustaceans are invertebrate, generally aquatic animals, which breathe using gills or through the general surface of the body. They have two pairs of antenna-like appendages in ...
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    crustacean
    crustacean (krŭstā'shun) , primarily aquatic arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea. Most of the 44,000 crustacean species are marine, but there are many freshwater forms. The few groups that inhabit terrestrial areas have not been particularly successful in an evolutionary sense; most...
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