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Crustacean   /krəstˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Crustacean

noun
1.
Any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton.



Related searches:
branchiopod crustacean
copepod crustacean
decapod crustacean
malacostracan crustacean
stomatopod crustacean


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... oppressed by an increasing dubiety whether Mrs MANKLETOW is verily such an upper crustacean and habituee of the beau monde as she did represent herself to be. It is well-nigh incomprehensible that any individual should seek to appear of a higher social status than Nature has provided; but my youthful acquaintance, ALLBUTT-INNETT, Jun., Esq., informs ...
— Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. • F. Anstey
... ones of the species who cannot defend themselves against him; he even seeks the eggs of Sea-gulls on the coast; but in this case he must use cunning, for if he is discovered it means a serious battle. On the coast also the Raven seeks to obtain possession of the Hermit-crab. This Crustacean dwells in the empty shells of Gasteropods. At the least alarm he retires within this shell and becomes invisible, but the bird advances with so much precaution that he is often able to seize the crab before he has time to hide himself. If the raven fails ...
— The Industries of Animals • Frederic Houssay


Words linked to "Crustacean" :   copepod, nipper, seed shrimp, cirripede, ostracod, decapod, arthropod, brachyuran, branchiopodan, class Crustacea, mussel shrimp, branchiopod, Crustacea, pincer, barnacle, branchiopod crustacean, stomatopod, chela, crustaceous, claw, green gland, cirriped


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