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n. A crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as a crab, lobster, or shrimp, characteristically having ten legs, each joined to a segment of the thorax.

n. A cephalopod mollusk, such as a squid or cuttlefish, having ten armlike tentacles.

adj. Of or relating to the Decapoda or a decapod.

adj. Having ten legs.

n. Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.

n. Any crustacean, of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.

n. A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations. Sometimes capitalized.

n. A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively, .

Having ten feet, as a crustacean, or ten rays or arms, as a cephalopod; pertaining to the Decapoda in either sense. Also decapodal, decapodous.

n. In Crustacea, a decapodous or ten-footed crustacean, as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or prawn; one of the Decapoda.

n. In Mollusca, a decacerous or ten-armed cephalopod; one of the Decapoda.

n. Also, rarely, decapode.

n. In mech., a ten-wheeled locomotive; strictly, a locomotive having eight driving-wheels and a single truck: a type used for hauling heavy freight-trains.

n. crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax

n. cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones

"The French embassy said a year-long research of fauna conducted in the deep-sea and coastal ecosystems of Panglao Island resulted in the discovery of over 1,200 species of decapod or 10-legged crustaceans and some 6,000 species of mollusks."