crustacean
/kɹʌsˈteɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.56 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.
noun
Any arthropod of the clade Pancrustacea, which includes hexapods in addition to traditional crustaceans.
adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subphylum Crustacea.
Example Sentences
- "In cooperation with the Bureau of Fisheries he made several motion pictures of crustacean life."
- "It is feared that any major change in its chemistry will render many of these species extinct. Likewise, if the temperature is raised by factory discharge, predators now kept out of the lake by its frigidity will invade and annihilate many of the hundreds of crustacean varieties peculiar to its waters."
- "Judging from the graphic evidence of crustacean carnage all around, it's a safe guess as to who's ahead in the ancient battle between hardshell and Homo sapiens."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *krustós Proto-Italic *krustosder. Latin crusta Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceader. Translingual -acea taxonomic name Crustacea Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English crustacean From taxonomic name Crustacea + -an.