Decapod

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decapod \Dec"a*pod\ (d[e^]k"[.a]*p[o^]d), n. [Cf. F.
     d['e]capode.] (Zool.)
     A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the
     {Decapoda}. Also used adjectively, as a decapod crustacean.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decapod
       n 1: crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of
            locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the
            thorax [syn: {decapod crustacean}]
       2: cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones