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decapod

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Main Entry: deca·pod
Pronunciation: \ˈde-kə-ˌpäd\
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Decapoda, from deca- + -poda -pod
Date: 1826

1 : any of an order (Decapoda) of crustaceans (as shrimps, lobsters, and crabs) with five pairs of thoracic appendages one or more of which are modified into pincers, with stalked eyes, and with the head and thorax fused into a cephalothorax and covered by a carapace
2 : any of the cephalopod mollusks (orders Sepioidea and Teuthoidea) with 10 arms including cuttlefishes, squids, and related forms

decapod adjective

de·cap·o·dan \di-ˈka-pə-dən\ adjective or noun

de·cap·o·dous \-ə-dəs\ adjective


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