decapod

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  1. noun A crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as a crab, lobster, or shrimp, characteristically having ten legs, each joined to a segment of the thorax.
  2. noun A cephalopod mollusk, such as a squid or cuttlefish, having ten armlike tentacles.
  3. adjective Of or relating to the Decapoda or a decapod.

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  • Obviously, something about the pouch alarmed the decapod, and she wasn't going to get very far using it. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 04 - April 1999
  • Bloody gobbets of flesh drifted past the camera's eye as the decapod worked, the light catching an occasional twinkle from her niece's foil ring. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 04 - April 1999
  • The decapod, startled by the dolphin's agitated movement, disappeared in a cloud of sand. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 04 - April 1999
  • Then she realized she was looking at another decapod, much smaller than the first, perhaps an infant. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 04 - April 1999
  • His face was almost as ashen in color as the decapod had first been. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 04 - April 1999
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  1. From New Latin Decapoda, order name : deca- + -poda, -pod.

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  1. from New Latin decapus (neuter plural decapoda), from Greek δεκάπους, having ten feet (used only in sense of ‘ten feet long’), from δέκα, = English ten, + πούς (ποδ-) = English foot.
 

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/ˈdɛkəpɑd/
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