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crustacean

English

Etymology

Crustacea +? -an

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??s?te???n/

Noun

crustacean (plural crustaceans or crustacea)

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

Hyponyms

  • See also Thesaurus:crustacean

Translations

References

  • Crustacean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Crustacea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Crustacea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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amphipod

English

Etymology

From Amphipoda.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?am.f?.p?d/

Noun

amphipod (plural amphipods)

  1. A member of taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans.
    • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 212:
      We have managed just once, briefly, to send humans to that depth in a sturdy diving vessel, yet it is home to colonies of amphipods, a type of crustacean similar to shrimp but transparent, which survive without any protection at all.

Translations

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