Definition of decapod crustacean Decapod crustacean
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| decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax | ||
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| crustacean any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton | ||
| decapoda, order decapoda squids and cuttlefishes | ||
| crab a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race" | ||
| lobster any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae | ||
| crawdaddy, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster | ||
| hermit crab small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods | ||
| shrimp small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible | ||
| prawn shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible | ||
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