MALACOSTRACAN Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word malacostracan. (close 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 | ||||||
