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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin Decapoda, from deca- + -poda -pod Date: 1826 1. any of an order (Decapoda) of crustaceans (as shrimps, lobsters, and crabs) with five pairs of thoracic appendages one or more of which are modified into pincers, with stalked eyes, and with the head and thorax fused into a cephalothorax and covered by a carapace 2. any of the cephalopod mollusks (orders Sepioidea and Teuthoidea) with 10 arms including cuttlefishes, squids, and related forms • decapod adjective • decapodan adjective or noun • decapodous adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 any crustacean of the chiefly marine order Decapoda, characterized by five pairs of walking legs, e.g. shrimps, crabs, and lobsters. 2 any of various molluscs of the class Cephalopoda, having ten tentacles, e.g. squids and cuttlefish. Derivatives: decapodan adj. Etymology: F décapode f. Gk deka ten + pous podos foot

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Decapod Dec"a*pod, n. [Cf. F. d['e]capode.] (Zo["o]l.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.