decapod

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onayaklı (kabuklu hayvan)
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A decapod, the 0-10-0 and 2-10-0 steam locomotive configurations
Having ten legs
A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations. Sometimes capitalized
Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish
Any crustacean, of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters
ten-footed or ten-armed
A decapod, the 0-10-0 and 2-10-0 train configurations
cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
{s} having ten feet or legs
Any of more than 8,000 species (order Decapoda) of crustaceans having five pairs of legs attached to the thorax. The shrimps and shrimplike species, which can be as small as 0.5 in. (12 mm) long, have a slender body with a long abdomen, a well-developed fantail, and, often, long, slender legs. The crabs and crablike species, whose claw span can measure 13 ft (4 m), have a flattened body and, frequently, stout short legs and a reduced tail fan. Decapods are primarily marine and are most abundant in shallow tropical waters, but they are commercially valuable throughout the world. Some species (e.g., hermit and fiddler crabs) are adapted to terrestrial environments. See also crab; crayfish; lobster; shrimp
Also used adjectively
A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda
{i} ten-legged crustacean (Zoology)
decapod crustacean
crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
decapod

    الواصلة

    de·ca·pod

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    علم أصول الكلمات

    [ 'de-k&-"päd ] (noun.) 1836. deca- + -pod
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