an animal of the class Crustacea, 1835; see Crustacea + -an. As an adjective, "of or pertaining to an animal of the class Crustacea," 1858 (an earlier adjective was crustaceous, "pertaining to crust, crust-like," 1640s).
crusader
cruse
crush
crust
Crustacea
crustacean
crustation
crusty
crutch
crux
cry