crustacean

noun
/kɹʌsˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

From taxonomic name Crustacea + -an.

Definitions

  1. Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles…

    Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.

  2. Any arthropod of the clade Pancrustacea, which includes hexapods in addition to…

    Any arthropod of the clade Pancrustacea, which includes hexapods in addition to traditional crustaceans.

  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subphylum Crustacea.

    • In cooperation with the Bureau of Fisheries he made several motion pictures of crustacean life.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at crustacean. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01crustacean02lobsters03lobster04claws05claw06arthropod07exoskeleton08crustacea09crustaceans

A definitional loop anchored at crustacean. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at crustacean

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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