crustacean
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- noun
- /krəˈsteɪʃən/
- Specialized
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crustáceo
- The aquarium showcases a diverse collection of crustaceans, including lobsters and crayfish.
- crustaceans, mollusks
- Fish and crustaceans
- crustacean amphipods
We are working on crustaceans, things like lobster.
- We are working on crustaceans, things like lobster.
- A a, a crustacean animal like a crab cannot grow inside a hard shell.
- So it can be beef, butter, bacon, eggs, it can be the any seafood, it can be shellfish, it can be crustaceans.
- And you guys go to dinner, you order a bunch of soup or you order some crab and you try to, you know, he starts, you know, just face fucking a, a crustacean.
Examples
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Daphnia, those are a freshwater crustacean that eat algae, yeast and bacteria and then get eaten by fish.
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For most of the year, the Gulf of Mexico is teeming with marine life, from tiny crustaceans to massive baleen whales.
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We are working on crustaceans, things like lobster.
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Shrimp are crustaceans.
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Examples of animals in this group are crustaceans, mollusks, worms, gastropods, and insects.
Academic text (2001) -
In 2008, inland capture fisheries produced an estimated 10 million metric tons of fish and crustaceans.
Academic text (2011) -
As a group, cormorants primarily eat fish, but will also eat crustaceans, mollusks, and small amphibians.
Academic text (2009) -
Since their arrival in the Sacramento Valley, the crustaceans have dispersed throughout the rice paddies.
Academic text (2013) -
Hence, the symposium included research on crustaceans as an important food resource rather than solely as an agricultural pest.
Academic text (2013) -
A hungry adult bottlenose may consumeup to 30 pounds of fish, squid and crustaceans each day.
Compounds
- Specialized
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An animal with ten legs like a crab or lobster that lives in water
- Specialized
A small freshwater animal like a tiny shrimp with a hard shell and flat legs for swimming, breathing and feeding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word crustacean comes from the same root as crust, which means 'hard outer layer' like a bread crust. That's why a crustacean is an animal such as a crab or lobster that has a hard shell to protect its body.