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Crab Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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structure | the way in which the parts of an object or living thing (organism) are arranged |
zoologist | a scientist who studies animals |
abdomen | the middle segment of a fiddler crab's body |
arthropods | group of animals that have jointed legs and outer skeletons |
crustacean | a group of animals with a protective exoskeleton (outside skeleton) covering their skin |
exoskeleton | a hard outer shell that covers the bodies of certain animals, such as crustaceans |
molt | to shed a skin or an outer layer |
carapace | shell of a crab |
cephalothorax | head and thorax |
chelae | pincer like claws |
crepuscular | feeding in the morning and evening |