Decapoda
n 1: lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns [syn:
{Decapoda}, {order Decapoda}]
2: squids and cuttlefishes [syn: {Decapoda}, {order Decapoda}]
Podophthalmia \Pod`oph*thal"mi*a\, n. pl. [NL. See
{Podophthalmic}.] (Zool.)
The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the
eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs,
lobsters, and prawns. Called also {Podophthalmata}, and
{Decapoda}.
[1913 Webster] Podophthalmic
Decacerata \De*cac`e*ra"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten +
ke`ras a horn.] (Zool.)
The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids,
cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; --
called also {Decapoda}. [Written also {Decacera}.] See
{Dibranchiata}. Decachord
Decapoda \De*cap"o*da\ (d[-e]*k[a^]p"[-o]*d[.a]), prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + poy`s, podo`s, foot.]
1. (Zool.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps,
lobsters, crabs, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Note: 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods
including the cuttlefishes and squids. See {Decacera}.
Decapodal