crustáceo

Definitions of crustáceo
  1. noun
    any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
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    decápodo
    crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
    estomatópodo
    a kind of crustacean
    branquiópodo
    aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding
    copépodo
    minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
    ostrácodo
    tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
    percebe
    marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
    cangrejo
    decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
    cámbaro, langosta
    small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
    ermitaño
    small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods
    isópodo
    any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
    anfípodo
    a kind of malacostracan crustacean
    escaramujo
    stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers
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    artrópodo
    invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
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