What's the difference between adactylous and crustaceous?

Adactylous


Definition:

  • (a.) Without fingers or without toes.
  • (a.) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When pregnant mice were exposed to 40 mg per kg of cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) on days 10 to 12 of gestation, adactylous limbs with large, distally located blisters were found when the fetuses were examined on day 18.

Crustaceous


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell.
  • (a.) Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Using histological and immunoserological techniques, NAG-vibrio administration into the medium inhabited by Crustaceous was shown to cause no pathological changes in the animal alimentary canal.
  • (2) The distribution of enzymes involved in purine degradation in fish and crustaceous liver was examined by centrifugation in a sucrose density gradient.

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