Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.

    Krustentier, Krebstier, Schalentier

    ракообра́зноеrakoobráznoje

    ракоподібніrakopodibni

  2. Any arthropod of the clade Pancrustacea, which includes hexapods in addition to traditional crustaceans.

More definitions
  • any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns are crustaceans.

    deKrebse, Hummer, Langusten, Krabben und Garnelen sind Krebstiere. — Yorwba

  2. Crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns are all crustaceans.

    deKrebse, Hummer, Langusten, Krabben und Garnelen sind Krebstiere. — Yorwba

  3. Ducks feed on worms, crustaceans, aquatic insects, and algae.

    Качки харчуються хробаками, ракоподібними, водними комахами та водоростями. — deniko

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  4. Shrimps, crabs, and lobsters are crustaceans.

    ruКреветки, крабы и омары — ракообразные. — Wezel

    deGarnelen, Krebse und Langusten sind Krustentiere. — Jens_Odo

  5. The lobster is a marine crustacean.

    ruОмар - морское ракообразное. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea:
Русский
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arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea:

Forms

plural: crustaceans
Singularcrustacean
Pluralcrustaceans

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

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