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crustacean vs cirripede

cirripede vs crustacean

crustacean and cirripede both are nouns.

crustacean is an adjective but cirripede is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
crustacean Yes Yes No No
cirripede Yes No No No
As nouns, cirripede is a hyponym of crustacean; that is, cirripede is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crustacean:
  • crustacean: any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
  • cirripede: 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) cirripede (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) cirripede (adjective)
of or belonging to the class Crustacea
Difference between crustacean and cirripede

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