Definitions for decapod

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decapod dec·a·pod

Spelling: [dek-uh-pod]

IPA: /ˈdɛk əˌpɒd/

Decapod is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in decapod (acddeop).

Definitions for decapod

noun

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 having ten arms, as the cuttlefish or squid.
3. (initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, ten driving wheels, and no rear truck.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the decapods.
2. having ten feet or legs.

Origin of decapod

First recorded in 1825-35, decapod is from the New Latin word Decapoda name of the order. See deca-, -pod

Examples for decapod

The Nauplius, so far as is known, does not occur in any other decapod form except Penus.

We have just mentioned the fact that the head and thorax of a decapod is usually covered by a large shield—the carapace.

A tribe of decapod Crustacea, of which the Hermit-crab is the type.

It is very meet, right, and the bounden duty of every quadruped, biped and decapod to prey upon the clam.

decapod, dek′a-pod, n. one of the shellfish which have ten feet or claws, as the crab.

M. Latreille is of opinion, That the four wings or their representatives replace the four thoracic legs of the decapod Crustacea.

Half a dozen varieties of these are known, one of which inhabits an echinoderm, another a decapod crustacean.