| 单词 | crustaceous | 
| 释义 | crustaceousadj. 1.   a.  Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a crust or hard integument.  crustaceous lichens (in Bot.): see quot. 1882. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > 			[adjective]		 > encrusting > of the nature of a crust or incrustation crustyc1400 crustaceous1656 tartareous1669 the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > 			[noun]		 > part(s) of pelt1759 pelta1760 scutellum1760 scyphus1777 shield1796 podetium1814 apothecium1830 cistella1832 rhizine1832 scypha1832 soredium1836 amphigastria1842 gonidium1845 macrogonidium1853 hypothallus1855 crustaceous lichens1856 pycnide1856 perianth1857 isidium1866 thamnium1866 endospore1875 perigynium1882 pseudocyphella1882 thecium1882 parathecium1921 soralium1921 1656    T. Blount Glossographia  				Crustaceous..pertaining to the crust, hard shell or pill of any thing. 1664    H. Power Exper. Philos.  i. 3  				Their crustaceous Tunica Cornea. 1762    B. Stillingfleet tr.  I. Biberg Œcon. Nature in  Misc. Tracts 78  				The crustaceous liverworts are the first foundation of vegetation. 1830    J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 145  				The outer integument [of the seed] crustaceous, the inner membranous. 1856    W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens iii. 80  				Without a soil prepared..by crustaceous Lichens, there could have arisen no higher vegetation. 1882    S. H. Vines tr.  F. G. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 319  				The Thallus of Lichens is commonly developed in the form of incrustations which cover stones and the bark of trees..These Crustaceous Lichens, as they are termed [etc.]. 1921    A. L. Smith Lichens iii. 72  				Some crustaceous lichens have a persistently scanty furfuraceous crust. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > 			[adjective]		 > of disease: scurfy or scabby roinousc1400 furfuraceous1650 scaly1796 crustaceous1801 squamose1822 squamous1829 psoriatic1836 desquamatory1837 desquamative1847 psoriasiform1897 scaling1897 1801    Med. Jrnl. 5 23  				The discovery of the crustaceous Cow-pox..The ulcers on the hands and arms assumed the crustaceous form.  2.  Of animals: Having a hard integument. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > 			[adjective]		 > having a hard protective covering maileda1450 crustaceous1659 crustate1661 galeated1728 galeate1826 armour-clad1843 cuirassed1849 armour-plated1862 exostosed1887 1659    H. More Immortality of Soul  ii. xi. 214  				Wasps and Hornets..the Animal Spirits, not easily evaporating through their crustaceous Bodies. 1664    H. Power Exper. Philos.  i. 16  				Mites in Cheese..It seems they are sheath'd and crustaceous Animals (as Scarabees and such like Insects are). 1826    W. Kirby  & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. 		(1828)	 III. xxix. 168  				Crustaceous forms in Coleoptera.  3.   a.  spec. in Zool. Belonging to the class Crustacea, crustacean. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > 			[adjective]		 crustyc1400 crusted1610 crustaceous1646 crustacean1835 crustaceal1853 1646    Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica  iii. xvii. 151  				Crustaceous animals, Lobsters, Shrimps, and  Crevises.       View more context for this quotation 1677    R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 106  				The shell-fish of the softer crustaceous kind. 1707    tr.  P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 320  				Testaceous and Crustaceous Fish. 1873    J. G. Bartram Harvest of Sea 		(ed. 3)	 300  				Old men..setting lobster-pots, doing business in the crustaceous delicacies of the season.  b.  Crab-like; like a crustacean. ΚΠ 1842    Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 377  				Retiring in a crustaceous or crab-like manner from the Court. 1864    J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 205  				Thy poor crustaceous efforts at self-isolation. Derivatives  cruˈstaceousness n. ΚΠ 1727    N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II.  				Crustaceousness, hardness, like, or being covered with a Shell, as Shell-fish. 1755    in  Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.  				 This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2012). <  | 
	
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