Meaning of DECAPOD
| Pronunciation: | | 'deku`pâd
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- [n] cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
- [n] crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
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| | Synonyms: | | decapod crustacean |
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| | See Also: | | cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk, crab, crawdad, crawdaddy, crawfish, crayfish, crustacean, cuttle, cuttlefish, Decapoda, hermit crab, lobster, order Decapoda, prawn, shrimp, spirula, Spirula peronii, squid, tropical prawn | |
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| | Definition: | | \Dec"a*pod\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]capode.] (Zo["o]l.)
A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the
Decapoda. Also used adjectively.
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