Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Decapod — Dec a*pod (d[e^]k [.a]*p[o^]d), 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, as a decapod crustacean. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
decapod — decapodan /deuh kap euh dn/, adj., n. decapodous, adj. /dek euh pod /, n. 1. any crustacean of the order Decapoda, having five pairs of walking legs, including the crabs, lobsters, crayfish, prawns, and shrimps. 2. any dibranchiate cephalopod… … Universalium
Decapod anatomy — Antennules Pereiopods … Wikipedia
decapod — 1835 as a type of crustacean having 10 legs, from Fr. décapode (1806), from Mod.L. Decapoda (animalia), from Gk. dekapoda, neut. pl. of dekapous ten footed (see TEN (Cf. ten) + FOOT (Cf. foot)). From 1888 as a type of locomotive … Etymology dictionary
decapod — ► NOUN ▪ a crustacean with five pairs of walking legs, such as a shrimp. ORIGIN from Greek deka ten + pous foot … English terms dictionary
crustacean — /kru stay sheuhn/, n. 1. any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the… … Universalium
Crustacean larvae — Larval and adult prawns Nauplius larva Adult Penaeus monodon … Wikipedia
Crustacean — Crustacea Temporal range: 511–0 Ma … Wikipedia
decapod — 1. adjective Having ten legs. 2. noun a) Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish. b) Any crustacean, of the or … Wiktionary
decapod — adj. having ten feet or legs n. ten legged crustacean (Zoology) … English contemporary dictionary
