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• n  any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
• a  of or belonging to the class Crustacea

• He ate meat but realized, in his essay "Consider the Lobster," that if a crustacean is trying to claw its way out of a pot of boiling water, you are cold-blooded murderer when you .
• The commission proposed a truth-in-menu rule that might mean, for example, that no restaurant could offer as Maryland crab any crustacean that had crawled into Delaware.
• Another gentlemanly crustacean is announcer Gene Crane, who has haunted WCAU radio and TV since 1945.

• crustaceous

News & Articles

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• Battery Materials Made Using Crab Shells
  MTorrice writes "Crab shells usually are just a nuisance that you have to crack and dig through to get the delicious meat inside. But one team of materials scientists thinks the shells could help them fabricate materials for long lasting batteries. The team used the nanostructures (abstract) found in the crustacean shells as templates to make sulfur and silicon electrode materials for lithium ...
  June 20, 2013 - Slashdot
• LA’s Best Restaurants For Eating Shrimp
  As Bubba from the film “Forrest Gump” put it, “shrimp is the fruit of the sea.” These aquatic appetizers are prepared in so many ways and end up as delicious no matter the method. Get your decapod crustacean fix at one of these fine establishments.
  June 19, 2013 - CBS 2 Los Angeles
• Dwight Howard Says He's Not Watching NBA Finals
  All-Star center Dwight Howard had a tumultuous first season with the Los Angeles Lakers as they played well below expectations and were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2013 NBA playoffs. After falling short of his ultimate goal, Howard has no interest in seeing someone else achieve it. According to TMZ , Howard was seen dining with friends at Crustacean in Beverly Hills ...
  June 19, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• Kenny Hulshof in Southeast Missourian
  To a round of laughter from the two dozen people in attendance, Hulshof said: "I guess my primary opponent thinks her economic plan is to hire a 20-something to wear the uniform of a crustacean. I personally would like to bring better paying jobs to...
• Ravi Shankar in The Guardian
  I've got two entries,says Ravi Shankar. "How about 'Seafood'? Well, because...... Or 'Krustofski'? It's a crustacean and Krustofski is Krusty the Clown's surname."