de'capodan
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| —n | |
| 1. | any crustacean of the mostly marine order Decapoda, having five pairs of walking limbs: includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, and crayfish |
| 2. | any cephalopod mollusc of the order Decapoda, having a ring of eight short tentacles and two longer ones: includes the squids and cuttlefish |
| —adj | |
| 3. | of, relating to, or belonging to either of these orders |
| 4. | (of any other animal) having ten limbs |
| decapodal | |
| —adj | |
| de'capodan | |
| —adj | |
| de'capodous | |
| —adj | |
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