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Definition of Crustacea
1. Noun. Class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas.
Group relationships: Arthropoda, Phylum Arthropoda
Member holonyms: Crustacean, Malacostraca, Subclass Malacostraca, Order Stomatopoda, Stomatopoda, Entomostraca, Subclass Entomostraca, Branchiopoda, Subclass Branchiopoda, Copepoda, Subclass Copepoda, Ostracoda, Subclass Ostracoda, Cirripedia, Subclass Cirripedia
Generic synonyms: Class
Derivative terms: Crustaceous
Definition of Crustacea
1. n. pl. One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.
Definition of Crustacea
1. Noun. (plural of crustacean) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crustacea
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Medical Definition of Crustacea
1. A large class of arthropods including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, wood lice, water fleas, and barnacles. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crustacea
Literary usage of Crustacea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"MONDA У, AUGUST 5. ч The following Papers were read :— 1. Sex in tlie crustacea,
with special reference to the Origin and Nature of Hermaphroditism. ..."
2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"80 Keeble, Frederick and Gamble, F. W- The colour-physiology of the higher crustacea.
London, Phil. Trans. R. Soc., (Ser. В.), 196, 1901, (295 388, pis. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Crabs furnish the best illustration among, the crustacea of that concentration
of organs around a single nerve- centre, which Professor Dana aptly ..."
4. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1873)
"Hartt upon the coast of Brazil during the summer of, and the crustacea of the
same collection, having been submitted to me for examination, ..."
5. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"Latreille divided the Arthropods into four classes: crustacea, Myriapoda, Arachnida,
and Insecta. Later the discovery that Peripatus possesses trachea led ..."
6. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"Cuvier in 1800 created the crustacea as an independent class, and Lamarck in 1801
performed the same servica for the Arachnida, restricting the term Insecta ..."
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