Crustaceans Word Search
A free Crustaceans word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: CRUSTACEAN, ARTHROPOD, CARAPACE, ANTENNA, MOLTING, EXOSKELETON, CLAW, PINCER, GILL, LARVA, PLANKTON, BENTHIC.
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Crustaceans word list, defined
- CRUSTACEAN /krʌˈsteɪʃən/ · noun
- A crustacean is an arthropod of the class Crustacea, a large group of mostly aquatic animals with segmented bodies, hard exoskeletons, and paired jointed limbs, including crabs, lobsters, shrimps, crayfish, barnacles, and woodlice. Related: shellfish, arthropod, decapod, invertebrate.
- ARTHROPOD /ˈɑːθrəpɒd/ (UK), /ˈɑːrθrəˌpɑːd/ (US) · noun
- An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a segmented body, a jointed exoskeleton, and paired jointed limbs; the group includes insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods. Related: invertebrate, bug, insect, crustacean.
- CARAPACE /ˈkærəpeɪs/ · noun
- The hard protective shell covering the back of animals such as turtles, tortoises, and crustaceans. Figuratively, a protective outer layer or defensive attitude that shields a person from harm or scrutiny. Related: shell, armor, husk, covering.
- ANTENNA /ænˈtɛnə/ · noun
- A slender, jointed sensory appendage on the head of insects and many other arthropods, used for touch, smell, and sometimes hearing. Also, a rod or wire device that transmits or receives radio or television signals. Related: aerial, feeler, sensor, receiver.
- MOLTING /ˈmoʊltɪŋ/ · verb
- To shed or replace an old outer layer, especially the skin of a growing animal or the feathers of a bird. Related: shedding, sloughing, casting off, exuviating.
- EXOSKELETON /ˌɛksoʊˈskɛlɪtən/ · noun
- A rigid external covering or supportive structure that encases and protects the body of certain animals, such as insects, crustaceans, and other arthropods. Related: carapace, shell, cuticle.
- CLAW /klɔː/ · noun, verb
- A claw is a curved, pointed nail on the toe of an animal such as a cat, bird, or crab, used for gripping, climbing, or tearing. As a verb, it means to scratch or tear at something with claws or fingernails. Related: talon, nail, unguis, pincer.
- PINCER /ˈpɪnsə(r)/ · noun
- A tool with two jaws that meet when handles are squeezed, used for gripping or cutting. The word can also refer to one of the gripping claws of a crab or similar animal, and to a pincer movement in military tactics. Related: nipper, claw, tongs, forceps.
- GILL /ɡɪl/ · noun, verb
- A gill is chiefly the respiratory organ of a fish or other aquatic animal; by extension, the word can also refer to the plate-like structures beneath a mushroom's cap, a small unit of liquid measure, or a narrow rocky cleft. As a verb, gill means to remove the gills from a fish. Related: branchia.
- LARVA /ˈlɑːrvə/ · noun
- A larva is the immature form of an insect or other animal that differs substantially from its adult form and typically develops through a major metamorphic change. In entomology, the term refers especially to the active feeding stage between the egg and the pupa or adult. Related: grub, larval form, immature form, caterpillar.
- PLANKTON /ˈplæŋktən/ · noun
- The collective term for organisms that drift or are carried through water, especially microscopic organisms such as phytoplankton and zooplankton. The term can also refer to such organisms collectively as a mass of biological material.
- BENTHIC /ˈbɛnθɪk/ · adjective
- Of, relating to, or occurring in the benthos — the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. Related: deep-sea, seafloor, bottom-dwelling, abyssal.
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