crustaceous, crustacean
(adjective) of or belonging to the class Crustacea
crustacean
(noun) any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crustacean (plural crustaceans or crustacea)
Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.
• See also crustacean
Source: Wiktionary
Crus*ta"cean (krs-t"shan; 97), a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.
– n.
Definition: An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 January 2025
(noun) a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
