Crustacea
/krʌˈsteɪʃjə/1
- Zoology a large group of mainly aquatic arthropods which include crabs, lobsters, shrimps, woodlice, barnacles, and many minute forms. They are very diverse, but most have four or more pairs of limbs and several other appendages【动】甲壳动物。
1.1
- Subphylum (or phylum) Crustacea.甲壳动物亚门（或甲壳动物门）。
1.2
- as plural noun crustacea arthropods of this group甲壳纲节肢动物。
派生词
crustacean
noun & adjectivecrustaceous
adjective词源
modern Latin (plural), from crusta （see CRUST）.