Decapoda
Decapoda
Noun
1. lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns
(synonym) order Decapoda
(hypernym) animal order
(member-holonym) Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca
(member-meronym) decapod crustacean, decapod
2. squids and cuttlefishes
(synonym) order Decapoda
(hypernym) animal order
(member-holonym) Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchiata, Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia
(member-meronym) decapod
Decapoda
(n. pl.)
The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
(n. pl.)
A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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