Word Meanings - CRUSTACEAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n.

Related words: (words related to CRUSTACEAN)

• CRUSTACEOUS
  Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean. (more info) 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• CRUSTACEA
  One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered. Note: The body usually consists of an anterior part, made up of the head and thorax combined, called
• CRUSTACEOUSNESS
  The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell.
• CRUSTACEAN
  Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n.
• SEMI CRUSTACEOUS
  Half crustaceous; partially crustaceous.
• SUBCRUSTACEOUS
  Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a subcrustaceous cicatrization.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach