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decapod

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dec·a·pod  (dk-pd)
n.
1. A crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as a crab, lobster, or shrimp, characteristically having ten legs, each joined to a segment of the thorax.
2. A cephalopod mollusk, such as a squid or cuttlefish, having ten armlike tentacles.
adj.
Of or relating to the Decapoda or a decapod.

[From New Latin Decapoda, order name : deca- + -poda, -pod.]

de·capo·dal (d-kp-dl), de·capo·dan (-dn), de·capo·dous (-ds) adj.

decapod [ˈdɛkəˌpɒd]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any crustacean of the mostly marine order Decapoda, having five pairs of walking limbs: includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, and crayfish
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any cephalopod mollusc of the order Decapoda, having a ring of eight short tentacles and two longer ones: includes the squids and cuttlefish
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) of, relating to, or belonging to either of these orders
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of any other animal) having ten limbs
decapodal  [dɪˈkæpədəl], decapodan, decapodous adj

decapod  (dk-pd)
1. 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.
2. A cephalopod mollusk, such as a squid or cuttlefish, having ten armlike tentacles.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.decapoddecapod - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
crustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
Decapoda, order Decapoda - lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns
crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
lobster - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
crawdaddy, crawfish, crawdad, crayfish - small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
hermit crab - small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods
shrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
prawn - shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible
tropical prawn - edible tropical and warm-water prawn
2.decapod - cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk - marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles
Decapoda, order Decapoda - squids and cuttlefishes
squid - widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
cuttle, cuttlefish - ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
spirula, Spirula peronii - a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral


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