decapodan

Variant of decapod

adjective

ten-legged

Origin: < ModL Decapoda, name of the order: see deca- & -pod

noun

  1. any of an order (Decapoda) of crustaceans having ten legs, as a lobster, shrimp, or crab
  2. a squid

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