crustaceous adjective. [krʌ'steɪʃǝs] M17.
[from mod. Latin crustaceus, from Latin crusta CRUST noun: see -ACEOUS.]
1. Pertaining to or of the nature of a crust or hard integument; (of a lichen) crustose. M17.

2. Of an animal: having a hard integument. M17.

3. Zoology. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Crustacea; crustacean. M17.

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