decapod crustacean

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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