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CRUSTACEAN Synonyms

There are 9 synonyms of the word crustacean. (exact relations)
There are 6 hypernyms of the word crustacean. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for CRUSTACEAN

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barnacle
verb, nounv, n
noun

• marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces

• European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north

crab
nounn
noun

• decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

• the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

• a quarrelsome grouch

• the edible flesh of any of various crabs

• a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

• a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply

verb

• direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

• scurry sideways like a crab

• fish for crab

• complain

crayfish
nounn
noun

• warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California

• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

• large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

langoustine
nounn
noun

• caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster

lobster
nounn
noun

• flesh of a lobster

• any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae

prawn
nounn
noun

• any of various edible decapod crustaceans

• shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible

verb

• fish for prawns

shrimp
nounn
noun

• disparaging terms for small people

• any of various edible decapod crustaceans

• small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

verb

• fish for shrimp

hermit crab
nounn
noun

• small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods

crustaceous
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or belonging to the class Crustacea

• being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell

Best Hypernyms For CRUSTACEAN

Here is a list of related hypernyms for crustacean, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (5)
arthropod animal creature invertebrate organism
Phrases (1)
living thing

Alternatives for BARNACLE

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