Associations to the word «Decapod»

Wiktionary

DECAPOD, noun. A decapod, the 0-10-0 and 2-10-0 steam locomotive configurations.
DECAPOD, adjective. (zoology) Having ten legs.
DECAPOD, noun. (zoology) Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
DECAPOD, noun. (zoology) Any crustacean, of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
DECAPOD, noun. (rail transport) A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations. Sometimes capitalized.

Dictionary definition

DECAPOD, noun. Crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax.
DECAPOD, noun. Cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones.

Wise words

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