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dec·a·pod  audio  (dk-pd) KEY  

NOUN:
  1. 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. A cephalopod mollusk, such as a squid or cuttlefish, having ten armlike tentacles.
ADJECTIVE:
Of or relating to the Decapoda or a decapod.

ETYMOLOGY:
From New Latin Decapoda, order name : deca- + -poda, -pod

OTHER FORMS:
de·capo·dal   (d-kp-dl) KEY   or de·capo·dan   (-dn) KEY   or de·capo·dous   (-ds) KEY  (Adjective)


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