First Known Use: circa 1646
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crustaceous
adjective crus·ta·ceous \-shəs\
Definition of CRUSTACEOUS
: of, relating to, having, or forming a crust or shell
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Origin of CRUSTACEOUS
New Latin crustaceus, from Latin crusta crust, shell
Rhymes with CRUSTACEOUS
audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, fallacious, flirtatious, fugacious, hellacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious
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