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Crustacean vs Maxilliped - What's the difference?

crustacean | maxilliped |

As nouns the difference between crustacean and maxilliped

is that crustacean is any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice while maxilliped is one of the appendages on the heads of some crustaceans behind the maxillae, used for feeding.

crustacean

English

Noun

(wikipedia crustacean) (en-noun)
  • Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea , including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    External links

    * (Crustacean) * (Crustacea) * English words suffixed with -acean

    maxilliped

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the appendages on the heads of some crustaceans behind the maxillae, used for feeding.

    • Derived terms

    *maxillipedary