Definitions for: Decapod


[n] cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
[n] crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax



Webster (1913) Definition: Dec"a*pod, n. [Cf. F. d['e]capode.] (Zo["o]l.)
A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the
Decapoda. Also used adjectively.

Synonyms: decapod crustacean

See Also: cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk, crab, crawdad, crawdaddy, crawfish, crayfish, crustacean, cuttle, cuttlefish, Decapoda, hermit crab, lobster, order Decapoda, prawn, shrimp, spirula, Spirula peronii, squid, tropical prawn

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