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crustacean vs cirriped

cirriped vs crustacean

crustacean and cirriped both are nouns.

crustacean is an adjective but cirriped is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
crustacean Yes Yes No No
cirriped Yes No No No
As nouns, cirriped is a hyponym of crustacean; that is, cirriped is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crustacean:
  • crustacean: any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
  • cirriped: marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
crustacean (noun) cirriped (noun)
any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
crustacean (adjective) cirriped (adjective)
of or belonging to the class Crustacea
Difference between crustacean and cirriped

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