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TOEFL BNC: 25694 COCA: 20077

crustacean

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crustacean /krəˈsteɪʃən/ noun
plural crustaceans
crustacean
/krəˈsteɪʃən/
noun
plural crustaceans
Learner's definition of CRUSTACEAN
[count] technical
: a type of animal (such as a crab or lobster) that has several pairs of legs and a body made up of sections that are covered in a hard outer shell甲壳纲动物(如螃蟹、龙虾等)
◊ Crustaceans usually live in the water.甲壳纲动物通常生活在水中。

— crustacean

adjective
TOEFL BNC: 25694 COCA: 20077

crustacean

noun

crus·​ta·​cean ˌkrə-ˈstā-shən How to pronounce crustacean (audio)
: any of a large class (Crustacea) of mostly aquatic mandibulate arthropods that have a chitinous or calcareous and chitinous exoskeleton, a pair of often much modified appendages on each segment, and two pairs of antennae and that include the lobsters, shrimp, crabs, wood lice, water fleas, and barnacles
crustacean adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Cheddar, a rare orange lobster:Cheddar the crustacean almost became dinner. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022 Father Mark Rand and son Luke Rand said the crustacean will not be eaten. Landon Mion, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2022 Steak Diane, Haim's cocktail-swilling, crustacean-loving alter ego. Taylore Glynn, Allure, 7 Aug. 2022 Schiaparelli’s lobster dress, which featured a painting of the crustacean by Salvador Dali on the silk skirt. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 July 2022 Plentiful, delicious Gulf gems such as shrimp, which serves as the state crustacean. Megha Mcswain, Chron, 20 May 2022 Where seafood is involved, the seas themselves are different, as are the denizens of those seas, whether fin fish, shellfish or crustacean. San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022 This has put at risk a historic Alaska fishery that during two boom years in the early 1990s tallied more than 300 million pounds of the green-eyed crustacean with spindly legs, hauls even greater than the highest years of the king crab harvests. Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022 The crustacean’s presence opens up many new questions. New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crustacean was in 1835
TOEFL BNC: 25694 COCA: 20077

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