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Definition of crustacean
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Crustacean
(n.) An
animal
belonging
to the class
Crustacea.
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Sedentary
::
Sedentary
(a.)
Remaining
in one
place,
especially
when
firmly
attached
to some
object;
as, the
oyster
is a
sedentary
mollusk;
the
barnacles
are
sedentary
crustaceans..
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) The
sucking
proboscis
of
certain
parasitic
insects
and
crustaceans.
Abdomen
::
Abdomen
(n.) The
posterior
section
of the body,
behind
the
thorax,
in
insects,
crustaceans,
and other
Arthropoda..
Pleurobranch
::
Pleurobranch
(n.) Any one of the gills of a
crustacean
that is
attached
to the side of the
thorax.
Gnathopodite
::
Gnathopodite
(n.) Any
leglike
appendage
of a
crustacean,
when
modified
wholly,
or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the
maxillipeds..
Trichobranchia
::
Trichobranchia
(n.) The gill of a
crustacean
in which the
branchial
filaments
are
slender
and
cylindrical,
as in the
crawfishes..
Epizoon
::
Epizoon
(n.) One of the
artificial
group of
invertebrates
of
various
kinds,
which live
parasitically
upon the
exterior
of other
animals;
an
ectozoon.
Among them are the lice,
ticks,
many
acari,
the
lerneans,
or fish lice, and other
crustaceans..
Xylophagous
::
Xylophagous
(a.)
Eating,
boring
in, or
destroying,
wood; -- said
especially
of
certain
insect
larvae,
crustaceans,
and
mollusks..
Stalking-horse
::
Stalk-eyed
(a.)
Having
the eyes
raised
on a
stalk,
or
peduncle;
--
opposed
to
sessile-eyed.
Said
especially
of
podophthalmous
crustaceans..
Epicarican
::
Epicarican
(n.) An
isopod
crustacean,
parasitic
on
shrimps..
Swimming
::
Swimmeret
(n.) One of a
series
of flat,
fringed,
and
usually
bilobed,
appendages,
of which
several
pairs occur on the
abdominal
somites
of many
crustaceans.
They are used as fins in
swimming..
Metanauplius
::
Metanauplius
(n.) A
larval
crustacean
in a stage
following
the
nauplius,
and
having
about seven pairs of
appendages..
Facet
::
Facet (n.) One of the
numerous
small eyes which make up the
compound
eyes of
insects
and
crustaceans.
Thorax
::
Thorax
(n.) The
second,
or
middle,
region
of the body of a
crustacean,
arachnid,
or other
articulate
animal.
In the case of
decapod
Crustacea,
some
writers
include
under the term
thorax
only the three
segments
bearing
the
maxillipeds;
others
include
also the five
segments
bearing
the legs. See
Illust.
in
Appendix..
Crustaceous
::
Crustaceous
(a.)
Belonging
to the
Crustacea;
crustacean.
Astacus
::
Astacus
(n.) A genus of
crustaceans,
containing
the
crawfish
of
fresh-water
lobster
of
Europe,
and
allied
species
of
western
North
America.
See
Crawfish..
Propodite
::
Propodite
(n.) The sixth joint of a
typical
leg of a
crustacean;
usually,
the
penultimate
joint..
Barnacle
::
Barnacle
(n.) Any
cirriped
crustacean
adhering
to
rocks,
floating
timber,
ships,
etc., esp. (a) the
sessile
species
(genus
Balanus
and
allies),
and (b) the
stalked
or goose
barnacles
(genus
Lepas and
allies).
See
Cirripedia,
and Goose
barnacle..
Apus
::
Apus (n.) A genus of
fresh-water
phyllopod
crustaceans.
See
Phyllopod.
Squillitic
::
Squilla
(n.) Any one of
numerous
stomapod
crustaceans
of the genus
Squilla
and
allied
genera.
They make
burrows
in mud or
beneath
stones
on the
seashore.
Called
also
mantis
shrimp.
See
Illust.
under
Stomapoda.
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