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Etymology

From taxonomic name Category:English terms derived from taxonomic names#CRUSTACEAN Crustacea +‎ -anCategory:English terms suffixed with -an#CRUSTACEAN.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɹʌsˈteɪʃən/Category:English 3-syllable words#CRUSTACEAN Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CRUSTACEAN
Audio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CRUSTACEAN
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Category:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən#CRUSTACEAN Category:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/3 syllables#CRUSTACEAN

Noun

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crustacean

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crustacean (plural crustaceans)Category:English lemmas#CRUSTACEAN Category:English nouns#CRUSTACEAN Category:English countable nouns#CRUSTACEAN Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CRUSTACEAN Category:Pages with entries#CRUSTACEAN Category:Pages with 1 entry#CRUSTACEAN

Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.
(cladistically) Any arthropod of the clade Pancrustacea, which includes hexapods in addition to traditional crustaceans.

Usage notes

The subphylum Crustacea is paraphyletic; some animals traditionally classified as crustaceans are actually more related to hexapods (insects, springtails, etc) than to other members of Crustacea.

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:crustacean

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arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea

Category:Entries with translation boxes#CRUSTACEAN

Afrikaans: skaaldier (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#CRUSTACEAN, krustasee (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#CRUSTACEAN
Armenian: խեցգետնանմաններ (xecʻgetnanmanner)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Asturian: crustaceu (ast) mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Azerbaijani: xərçəngkimilərCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#CRUSTACEAN
Bashkir: ҡыҫала (qıśala)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#CRUSTACEAN
Belarusian: ракападобныя (rakapadóbnyja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Breton: kresteneg mCategory:Terms with Breton translations#CRUSTACEAN
Bulgarian: ракообра́зно (bg) n (rakoobrázno)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Catalan: crustaci (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#CRUSTACEAN
Chinese:
Hokkien: 甲殼類 / 甲壳类 (kah-khak-lūi)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#CRUSTACEAN

Mandarin: 介蟲 / 介虫 (jièchóng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#CRUSTACEAN Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CRUSTACEAN, 甲殼動物 / 甲壳动物 (zh) (jiǎqiào dòngwù)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#CRUSTACEAN Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CRUSTACEAN
Cornish: krestennek mCategory:Terms with Cornish translations#CRUSTACEAN
Czech: korýš (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#CRUSTACEAN
Dutch: schaaldier (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#CRUSTACEAN, crustacee fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#CRUSTACEAN
Esperanto: krustacoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#CRUSTACEAN
Finnish: äyriäinen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#CRUSTACEAN
French: crustacé (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#CRUSTACEAN
Frisian:
North Frisian: kraabenCategory:Terms with North Frisian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Galician: crustáceo (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#CRUSTACEAN
Georgian: კიბოსნაირნი (ḳibosnairni)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#CRUSTACEAN
German: Krustentier (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#CRUSTACEAN, Krebstier (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#CRUSTACEAN, Schalentier (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#CRUSTACEAN
Greek: καρκινοειδή n pl (karkinoeidí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CRUSTACEAN
Gujarati: સકવચ (sakvac)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#CRUSTACEAN
Hawaiian: pāpakaCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Hindi: कठिनी (hi) (kaṭhinī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CRUSTACEAN
Hungarian: rák (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Icelandic: krabbadýr (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#CRUSTACEAN
Ido: krustaceo (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#CRUSTACEAN
Irish: crústach mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#CRUSTACEAN
Italian: crostaceo (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Japanese: 甲殻類 (ja) (こうかくるい, kōkakurui)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CRUSTACEAN
Kazakh: шаянтәрізділер (şaäntärızdıler)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#CRUSTACEAN
Korean: 갑각류(甲殼類) (ko) (gapgangnyu)Category:Terms with Korean translations#CRUSTACEAN
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: qalikdar (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#CRUSTACEAN
Latin: crustāceum (la) nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#CRUSTACEAN
Latvian: vēžveidīgieCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Lithuanian: vėžiagyviaiCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: dwaarsloperCategory:Terms with Dutch Low Saxon translations#CRUSTACEAN Category:Terms with Low German translations#CRUSTACEAN
Luxembourgish: Crustacé m or fCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#CRUSTACEAN
Macedonian: раковите (rakovite)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Māori: mawhitiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#CRUSTACEAN
Navajo: chʼosh bikágí ntłʼizíCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#CRUSTACEAN
Norwegian:
Bokmål: krepsdyrCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#CRUSTACEAN

Nynorsk: krepsdyrCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#CRUSTACEAN
Persian: سخت‌پوست (saxt-pust)Category:Terms with Persian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Polish: skorupiak (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#CRUSTACEAN
Portuguese: crustáceo (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#CRUSTACEAN
Quechua: qaraqruyuwaCategory:Terms with Quechua translations#CRUSTACEAN
Romanian: crustaceu (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Russian: ракообра́зное (ru) n (rakoobráznoje)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Slovak: kôrovceCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#CRUSTACEAN
Slovene: rakiCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#CRUSTACEAN
Spanish: crustáceo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#CRUSTACEAN
Swedish: kräftdjur (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#CRUSTACEAN
Tongan: monumanu fingota ngeʻesi fefekaCategory:Terms with Tongan translations#CRUSTACEAN
Turkish: kabuklular (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#CRUSTACEAN
Ukrainian: ракоподібні (rakopodibni)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#CRUSTACEAN
Volapük: koanaf (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#CRUSTACEAN, krustaf (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#CRUSTACEAN, krustanim (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#CRUSTACEAN
Welsh: cramennog (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#CRUSTACEAN, crestennog mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#CRUSTACEAN, crestog mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#CRUSTACEAN

Adjective

crustacean (comparative more crustacean, superlative most crustacean)Category:English lemmas#CRUSTACEAN Category:English adjectives#CRUSTACEAN Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CRUSTACEAN Category:Pages with entries#CRUSTACEAN Category:Pages with 1 entry#CRUSTACEAN

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subphylum Crustacea.
Synonym: (rare) crustaceal
- 1940 March 22, “DR. BUCHANAN DIES NOTED ANESTHETIST; […]”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 January 2026:
  In cooperation with the Bureau of Fisheries he made several motion pictures of crustacean life.
  Category:English terms with quotations#CRUSTACEAN
- 1967 July 2, Walter Sullivan, “Science; Threat to the Treasures of the World's Oldest Lake”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 January 2026:
  It is feared that any major change in its chemistry will render many of these species extinct. Likewise, if the temperature is raised by factory discharge, predators now kept out of the lake by its frigidity will invade and annihilate many of the hundreds of crustacean varieties peculiar to its waters.
  Category:English terms with quotations#CRUSTACEAN
- 1987 July 17, Marianne Kyriakos, “THE BEST LITTLE CRABHOUSES IN WASHINGTON”, in The Washington Post‎, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 January 2026:
  Judging from the graphic evidence of crustacean carnage all around, it's a safe guess as to who's ahead in the ancient battle between hardshell and Homo sapiens.
  Category:English terms with quotations#CRUSTACEAN

References

↑ “crustacean, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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