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decantation |
decanter |
decapitate |
decapitated |
decapitation |
decapod
| decapod crustacean
| decapoda
| decapterus
| decapterus macarellus
| decapterus punctatus
decapod
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun decapod has 2 senses
- decapod(n = noun.animal) decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax; Array is a kind of crustacean
- decapod(n = noun.animal) Array - cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones; Array is a kind of cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk
is a member of decapoda, order decapoda
has particulars: crab, lobster, crawdad, crawdaddy, crawfish, crayfish, hermit crab, shrimp, prawn, tropical prawn
is a member of decapoda, order decapoda
has particulars: squid, cuttle, cuttlefish, spirula, spirula peronii
OXFORD DICTIONARY
decapod, n.
1 any crustacean of the chiefly marine order Decapoda, characterized by five pairs of walking legs, e.g. shrimps, crabs, and lobsters.
2 any of various molluscs of the class Cephalopoda, having ten tentacles, e.g. squids and cuttlefish.
1 any crustacean of the chiefly marine order Decapoda, characterized by five pairs of walking legs, e.g. shrimps, crabs, and lobsters.
2 any of various molluscs of the class Cephalopoda, having ten tentacles, e.g. squids and cuttlefish.
Derivative
decapodan adj.
Etymology
F d{eacute}capode f. Gk deka ten + pous podos foot
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