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How to pronounce crustacean in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crustaceous
Type Words
Type of arthropod
Has types barnacle, brachyuran, branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan, cirriped, cirripede, stomatopod crustacean, decapod, decapod crustacean, malacostracan crustacean, mussel shrimp, ostracod, seed shrimp, stomatopod, copepod, copepod crustacean

Examples of crustacean

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So removing a few of these crustacean Crippens could actually boost the numbers.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This is a compact, shrimp-like crustacean that can grow to around 2cm in length.
From the guardian.co.uk
No one will confirm whether the crustacean is going to be painted or made whole.
From the couriermail.com.au
The champion of tough eggs may well be a tiny crustacean called Eucypris virens.
From the newscientist.com
The diversity of this assemblage is similar to that of modern crustacean faunas.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's a sea-crustacean with social problems that only breeds once in its lifetime.
From the guardian.co.uk
Millions of crustacean are caught or reared in aquaculture for the food industry.
From the cnn.com
Perhaps next session Congress could add the lobster as our official crustacean.
From the latimes.com
Until now this shrimp-like crustacean was thought to live only in the upper ocean.
From the sciencedaily.com
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  • Crustaceous: of or belonging to the class Crustacea
  • Any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
  • (crustacea) class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas
  • (Crustacea) a taxonomic subphylum, within phylum Arthropoda - the crustaceans
  • (Crustaceans) A group of hard-shelled invertebrates that includes crabs and shrimps.
  • (Crustaceans) Arthropods such as crabs, lobsters, shrimp; have a hard outer shell.
  • (Crustaceans) Shrimp, crabs, crawfish, crayfish and lobsters. Crustaceans are shellfish that have a jointed (segmented) body with pairs of legs on each segment, and a tough exoskeleton. Crustaceans include lobster, shrimp, crab, and crayfish. ...
  • (Crustaceans) A class of arthropod with 10 legs, antennae, and a hard exoskeleton.
  • (CRUSTACEANS) A class of articulated animals, having the skin of the body generally more or less hardened by the deposition of calcareous matter, breathing by means of gills. (Examples, Crab, Lobster, Shrimp, &c.)