crustacean

noun
/kɹʌsˈteɪʃən/

Any arthropod of the clade Pancrustacea, which includes hexapods in addition to traditional crustaceans.

Related words

macrocrustacean
microcrustacean
noncrustacean
Rustacean

Example sentences

“How closely are insects and crustaceans related?”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

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This definition is adapted from “crustacean” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.