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CRUSTACEAN

\kɹʌstˈe͡ɪʃən], \kɹʌstˈe‍ɪʃən], \k_ɹ_ʌ_s_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of CRUSTACEAN

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2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Of or pertaining to the Crustacea.
One of the Crustacea, animals having crust-like shells, including lobsters, crabs, sow-bugs, etc.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

See Crustaceous

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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