Crustacean

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crustacean \Crus*ta"cean\ (kr?s-t?"shan; 97), a. (Zool.)
     Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n. An
     animal belonging to the class Crustacea.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  crustacean
       adj : of or belonging to the class Crustacea [syn: {crustaceous}]
       n : any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body
           and chitinous exoskeleton