crustacean Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
  2. adjective of or belonging to the class Crustacea
    crustaceous.

WordNet


Crus*ta"cean adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n. An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.

Webster 1913