crustaceous

1. 1.

   of or belonging to the class Crustacea

   Synonymscrustacean
2. 2.

   being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell

Questions about crustaceous

What does crustaceous mean?

crustaceous means "of or belonging to the class Crustacea". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crustaceous?

crustaceous has 3 syllables: cru-sta-ceous. The stress falls on "sta". In IPA it is /kɹəˈsteɪʃəs/.

What is another word for crustaceous?

Close synonyms include crustacean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crustaceous a common word?

crustaceous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.