decapod

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.

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

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

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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  [dɪˈkæpəd^əl], decapodan, decapodous adj

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	decapod - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax decapod crustacean 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