Meanings
adjectivecrustaceous (comparative more crustaceous, superlative most crustaceous)
comparative more crustaceous · superlative most crustaceous
- Resembling a crustacean.
the crustaceous or ostreaceous body
1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC - Hard, thin and brittle.
a crustaceous lichen
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or belonging to the class Crustacea
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crustaceous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crustaceous
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