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MALACOSTRACAN Synonyms

There are 7 synonyms of the word malacostracan. (exact relations)
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	arthropod					noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
	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
	crustacean					nounn
	adjective • of or belonging to the class Crustacea noun • any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
	decapod					noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax • cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
	lobed					adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other
	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
	lobsters					nounn
	noun • flesh of a lobster • any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae