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crustacean |
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crustacean) Large crayfish. The crayfish is a ten-limbed crustacean closely related to the lobster family. There are more than 500 species, nearly all of which live in fresh water. The Austropotamobius genus, the most common in Europe, is the only one native to Great Britain. One of the class of arthropods that includes crabs, lobsters, shrimps, woodlice, and barnacles. The external skeleton is made of protein and chitin hardened with lime. Each segment bears a pair of appendages that may be modified as sensory feelers (antennae), as mouthparts, or as swimming, walking, or grasping structures. |
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Captain Nemo pointed out the hideous crustacean, which a blow from the butt end of the gun knocked over, and I saw the horrible claws of the monster writhe in terrible convulsions. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but Stuffed serpents of the most objectionable and horrid kind; giant insects from the tropics, fearsome in every detail; fishes and crustaceans covered with weird spikes; dried octopuses of great size. |
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