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Decapitate Decapitate De*cap"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decapitated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Decapitating.] [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of
decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief.]
1. To cut off the head of; to behead.
2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.]
Decapitated Decapitate De*cap"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decapitated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Decapitating.] [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of
decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief.]
1. To cut off the head of; to behead.
2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.]
Decapitating Decapitate De*cap"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decapitated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Decapitating.] [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of
decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief.]
1. To cut off the head of; to behead.
2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.]
Decapoda Decacerata De*cac`e*ra"ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten +
ke`ras a horn.] (Zo["o]l.)
The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids,
cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; --
called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See
Dibranchiata.
Decapoda Decapoda De*cap"o*da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? ten + ?, ?,
foot.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The order of Crustacea which includes the
shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
Note: They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites
of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on
each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of
legs. They are divided into two principal groups:
Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third
(Anomura) intermediate between the others.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods
including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.
Decapoda Podophthalmia Pod`oph*thal"mi*a, n. pl. [NL. See
Podophthalmic.] (Zo["o]l.)
The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the
eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs,
lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and
Decapoda.
Decapterus punctatus Cigar Ci*gar", n. [Sp. cigarro, orig., a kind of tobacco in
the island of Cuba: cf. F. cigare.]
A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
Cigar fish (Zo["o]l.), a fish (Decapterus punctatus),
allied to the mackerel, found on the coast of the Gulf of
Mexico.
Endecaphyllous Endecaphyllous En`de*caph"yl*lous, a. [Gr. ? eleven + ? leaf.]
(Bot.)
Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.
Tetradecapoda Tetradecapoda Tet`ra*de*cap"o*da, n. pl. [NL. See Tetra-,
and Decapoda.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Arthrostraca.
