EGAVE

decapod

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having ten legs.
  2. noun Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
  3. noun Any crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
  4. noun A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations.

Similar words

decapod crustacean crustaceans crab megalopa copepodid centipede octopoid copepod octopod halfdeck

Often followed by

crustaceans crustacea crustacean larvae species and shrimp fauna shrimps

Word family

decapoda decapodan decapodans decapodous decapods

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