Decapod definition
Any of various crustaceans of the order Decapoda, characteristically having five pairs of walking legs attached to the thorax and three pairs of maxillipeds used for feeding, and including the crabs, lobsters, and shrimps.
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Any of various cephalopod mollusks having eight arms and two tentacles, and including the squids and cuttlefishes.
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Ten-legged.
adjective
Any of an order (Decapoda) of crustaceans having ten legs, as a lobster, shrimp, or crab.
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A squid.
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Any of various crustaceans of the order Decapoda, characteristically having five pairs of walking legs attached to the thorax and three pairs of maxillipeds used for feeding, and including the crabs, lobsters, and shrimps.
noun
Any of various cephalopod mollusks having eight arms and two tentacles, and including the squids and cuttlefishes.
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Any of various crustaceans of the order Decapoda, characteristically having ten legs, each joined to a segment of the thorax. Crabs, hermit crabs, lobsters, and shrimp are decapods.
A cephalopod mollusk, such as a squid or cuttlefish, having ten armlike tentacles.
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(zoology) Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
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(rail transport) A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations. Sometimes capitalized.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
decapod
Plural:
decapodsOrigin of decapod
- From New Latin Decapoda crustacean order name deca– -poda -pod Sense 2, from New Latin Decapoda former cephalopod order name deca– -poda -pod
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From French décapode, see deca- + -pod
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