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decapod

  (dĕk'ə-pŏd')

1. A crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as a crab, lobster, or shrimp, characteristically having ten legs, each joined to a segment of the thorax.
2. A cephalopod mollusk, such as a squid or cuttlefish, having ten armlike tentacles.

Of or relating to the Decapoda or a decapod.

[From New Latin Decapoda, order name : DECA– + -poda, -pod.]

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
  Synonym: decapod crustacean

Meaning #2: cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones

Several things share the name decapod, meaning "ten-legged":

• Crustaceans in the Order Decapoda, such as lobsters and crabs
• Several steam locomotive wheel arrangements were also called Decapods, especially the 2-10-0

Also:

• Decapodians are decapod-like characters in the cartoon series Futurama
• Decapodiformes are ten-limbed cephalopods with eight arms and two tentacles

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