Eucrustacea

plural noun

Eu·​crustacea

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in some classifications

: a primary division of Crustacea comprising all recent and extinct forms which do not have the body divided into median and lateral lobes

—used when trilobites are considered crustaceans

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from eu- + Crustacea

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