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<h1>Crustacean</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crus*ta"cean</hw> <tt>(kr?s-t?"sh<it>a</it>n; 97)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An animal belonging to the class <spn>Crustacea</spn>.</def></def2>

<h1>Crustaceological</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crus*ta`ce*o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(-sh?-?-l?j"?-k<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to crustaceology.</def>

<h1>Crustaceologist</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crus*ta`ce*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(-?ll"?-j?st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist.</def>

<h1>Crustaceology</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crus*ta`ce*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(-j?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Crustacea</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>That branch of Zo\'94logy which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology.</def>

<h1>Crustaceous</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crus*ta"ceous</hw> <tt>(kr?s-t?"sh?s; 97)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>crustaceous</ets>. See <er>crustacea</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean.</def>

<h1>Crustaceousness</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crus*ta"ceous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell.</def>

<h1>Crustal</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crust"al</hw> <tt>(kr?st"<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to a crust.</def>

<h1>Crustalogical</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crus`ta*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(kr?s`t?-l?j"?-k<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to crustalogy.</def>

<h1>Crustalogist</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crus*tal"o*gist</hw> <tt>(-t<?/l"<?/-j<?/st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in crustalogy.</def>

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<h1>Crustalogy</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crus*tal"o*gy</hw> <tt>(kr?s-t?l"?-j?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crusta</ets> shell + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Crustaceology.</def>

<h1>Crustated</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crus"ta*ted</hw> <tt>(kr?s"t?-t?d)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crustatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>crustare</ets>, fr. <ets>crusta</ets>. See <er>Crust</er>.]</ety> <def>Covered with a crust; <as>as, <ex>crustated</ex> basalt</as>.</def>

<h1>Crustation</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crus*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(kr?s-t?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An adherent crust; an incrustation.</def>

<i>Pepys.</i>

<h1>Crusted</h1> <Xpage=352>

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