- 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.
- 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.]
decapodal de·cap'o·dal (dĭ-kăp'ə-dəl) or de·cap'o·dan (-dən) or de·cap'o·dous (-dəs) adj.




