decapod n 1: crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax [syn: {decapod crustacean}, {decapod}] 2: cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
Decapod \Dec"a*pod\ (d[e^]k"[.a]*p[o^]d), n. [Cf. F. d['e]capode.] (Zool.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the {Decapoda}. Also used adjectively, as a decapod crustacean. [1913 Webster]