Definition of Decapoda

1. Noun. Lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns.


2. Noun. Squids and cuttlefishes.

Definition of Decapoda

1. n. pl. The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.

Medical Definition of Decapoda

1. 1. The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others. 2. A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Ten +, foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decapoda

decapeptide
decaphyllous
decapitate
decapitate
decapitated
decapitates
decapitating
decapitation
decapitation
decapitations
decapitator
decapitators
decapod
decapod
decapoda (current term)
Decapoda
decapodal
decapodan
decapodans
decapodous
decapods
decapod crustacean
decaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase
decapsulation
Decapterus
Decapterus macarellus
Decapterus punctatus
decarb
decarbed
decarbing

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