adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subphylum Crustacea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crustaceal
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crustacean
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Pronunciation
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/kɹʌsˈteɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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noun
Meaning 2
Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any arthropod of the clade Pancrustacea, which includes hexapods in addition to traditional crustaceans.
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adjective
Meaning 4
of or belonging to the class Crustacea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crustaceous
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arthropod
Narrower terms: malacostracan crustacean, decapod crustacean, decapod, brachyuran, stomatopod, stomatopod crustacean, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopod, branchiopodan, copepod, copepod crustacean, seed shrimp, mussel shrimp, ostracod, barnacle, cirriped, cirripede
History
Etymology
From taxonomic name Crustacea + -an.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: skaaldier — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Afrikaans: krustasee — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Armenian: խեցգետնանմաններ (xecʻgetnanmanner) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Asturian: crustaceu — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Azerbaijani: xərçəngkimilər — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Bashkir: ҡыҫала (qıśala) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Belarusian: ракападобныя (rakapadóbnyja) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Breton: kresteneg — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Bulgarian: ракообра́зно (rakoobrázno) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Catalan: crustaci — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Chinese: 甲殼類 /甲壳类 (kah-khak-lūi) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Chinese Mandarin: 介蟲 /介虫 (jièchóng) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Chinese Mandarin: 甲殼動物 /甲壳动物 (jiǎqiào dòngwù) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Cornish: krestennek — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Czech: korýš — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Dutch: schaaldier — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Dutch: crustacee — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Esperanto: krustaco — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Finnish: äyriäinen — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- French: crustacé — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- North Frisian: kraaben — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Galician: crustáceo — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Georgian: კიბოსნაირნი (ḳibosnairni) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- German: Krustentier — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- German: Krebstier — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- German: Schalentier — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Greek: καρκινοειδή (karkinoeidí) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Gujarati: સકવચ (sakvac) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Hawaiian: pāpaka — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Hindi: कठिनी (kaṭhinī) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Hungarian: rák — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Icelandic: krabbadýr — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Ido: krustaceo — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Irish: crústach — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Italian: crostaceo — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Japanese: 甲殻類 (kōkakurui) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Kazakh: шаянтәрізділер (şaäntärızdıler) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Korean: 갑각류 (gapgangnyu) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Northern Kurdish: qalikdar — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Latin: crustāceum — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Latvian: vēžveidīgie — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Lithuanian: vėžiagyviai — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Luxembourgish: Crustacé — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Macedonian: раковите (rakovite) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Māori: mawhiti — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Navajo: chʼosh bikágí ntłʼizí — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Norwegian Bokmål: krepsdyr — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Norwegian Nynorsk: krepsdyr — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Persian: سختپوست (saxt-pust) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Polish: skorupiak — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Portuguese: crustáceo — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Quechua: qaraqruyuwa — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Romanian: crustaceu — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Russian: ракообра́зное (rakoobráznoje) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Slovak: kôrovce — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Slovene: raki — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Spanish: crustáceo — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Swedish: kräftdjur — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Tongan: monumanu fingota ngeʻesi fefeka — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Turkish: kabuklular — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Ukrainian: ракоподібні (rakopodibni) — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Volapük: koanaf — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Volapük: krustaf — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Volapük: krustanim — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Welsh: cramennog — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Welsh: crestennog — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
- Welsh: crestog — arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea
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