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deca·pod | \ ˈde-kə-ˌpäd 
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\Definition of decapod
1 : any of an order (Decapoda) of crustaceans (such as shrimp, 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
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decapod adjective
decapodan \ di-ˈka-pə-dən \ adjective or noun
\ adjective or noundecapodous \ di-ˈka-pə-dəs \ adjective
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