Recent Examples on the WebThere’s primitive pleasure in devouring a complete crustacea, exoskeleton and all.—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin, group name, from neuter plural of crustaceus
capitalized: a large class of mostly aquatic arthropods that have a chitinous or calcareous and chitinous exoskeleton, a pair of often much modified appendages on each segment, and two pairs of antennae and that include the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, wood lice, water fleas, and barnacles
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