largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies

Stomatopoda 1

noun

mantis shrimps

Entomostraca 1

noun

in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use

Crustacea 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas

Synonyms

class Crustacea 1
class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas

Derivationally related form

crustaceous 1

adjective

of or belonging to the class Crustacea

Member_holonym

Arthropoda 1

noun

jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes

crustacean 1

noun

any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton

Malacostraca 1

noun

largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies

Stomatopoda 1

noun

mantis shrimps

Entomostraca 1

noun

in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use