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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.
Tetradecapoda
Tetradecapoda Tet`ra*de*cap"o*da, n. pl. [NL. See Tetra-, and Decapoda.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Arthrostraca.

Meaning of Decapod from wikipedia

- Look up decapod or Decapod in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Decapod may refer to: Decapoda, an order of crustaceans such as lobsters and crabs Decapodiformes...
- The decapod (crustaceans such as a crab, lobster, shrimp or prawn) is made up of 20 body segments grouped into two main body parts: the cephalothorax...
- The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, and includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp...
- Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen, usually hidden entirely under...
- locomotiontypically belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are also referred...
- The GER class A55 or Decapod was an experimental steam locomotive with an 0-10-0T wheel arrangement designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway...
- crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (members of the order of decapods), some of which are edible. The term prawn is used particularly in the...
- "The Decapod" is the third episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Julie...
- Axius is a genus of mud lobster, It containing the following species: Axius armatus S. I. Smith, 1881 Axius serratus Stimpson, 1852 Axius stirynchus Leach...
- profession, and he is implied to be frequently homeless when not at work. The Decapod (named after the actual Decapoda order of ten-footed crustaceans) are an...