'Decapod' definitions:
Definition of 'decapod'
(from WordNet)
noun
Crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax [syn: decapod crustacean, decapod]
noun
Cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
Definition of 'Decapod'
From: GCIDE
- Decapod \Dec"a*pod\ (d[e^]k"[.a]*p[o^]d), n. [Cf. F. d['e]capode.] (Zool.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively, as a decapod crustacean. [1913 Webster]