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adj
Having ten legs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: decapodan, decapodal, decapodid
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative letter-case form of decapod
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
Qualifier: rail transportation
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noun
Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: decapodan, decapodid
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk
Narrower terms: squid, cuttlefish, cuttle, spirula, Spirula peronii
noun
crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: decapod crustacean
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crustacean
Narrower terms: crab, lobster, crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy, hermit crab, shrimp, prawn, tropical prawn
History
Borrowed from French décapode. By surface analysis, deca- + -pod.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
