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noun
1.
any crustacean of the order Decapoda, having five pairs of walking legs, including the crabs, lobsters, crayfish, prawns, and shrimps.
2.
any dibranchiate cephalopod having ten arms, as the cuttlefish or squid.
3.
(initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, ten driving wheels, and no rear truck.
adjective
4.
belonging or pertaining to the decapods.
5.
having ten feet or legs.
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decapod
1835 as a type of crustacean having 10 legs, from Fr. décapode (1806), from Mod.L. Decapoda (animalia), from Gk. dekapoda, neut. pl. of dekapous "ten-footed." From 1888 as a type of locomotive.
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