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Incrustment :: Incrustment (n.) Incrustation.

Paraphagma :: Paraphagma (n.) One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea.

Lucifer :: Lucifer (n.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages..

Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped..

Adactylous :: Adactylous (a.) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).

Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle..

Coxa :: Coxa (n.) The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

Epimeron :: Epimeron (n.) In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage.

Millerite :: Millerite (n.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites..

Edriophthalma :: Edriophthalma (n. pl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.

Incrustation :: Incrustation (n.) The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted..

Neocarida :: Neocarida (n. pl.) The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata..

Crustaceousness :: Crustaceousness (n.) The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell.

Protopodite :: Protopodite (n.) The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean..

Ophthalmite :: Ophthalmite (n.) An eyestalk; the organ which bears the compound eyes of decapod Crustacea.

Incrustation :: Incrustation (n.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement..

Cirripedia :: Cirripedia (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa..

Monocule :: Monocule (n.) A small crustacean with one median eye.

Podophthalmite :: Podophthalmite (n.) The eyestalk of a crustacean.

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