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WordNet (3.0)
decapoda(n) lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns, Syn. order Decapoda
decapoda(n) squids and cuttlefishes, Syn. order Decapoda

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Decapoda

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + poy`s, podo`s, foot. ] 1. (Zool.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.

Decapodous

{ } a. (Zool.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Decapodal
Tetradecapoda

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Tetra-, and Decapoda. ] (Zool.) Same as Arthrostraca. [ 1913 Webster ]

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