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Synonyms for decapod
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dek-uh-pod |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛk əˌpɒd |
Définition of decapod
Origin :- 1835 as a type of crustacean having 10 legs, from French décapode (1806), from Modern Latin Decapoda (animalia), from Greek dekapoda, neuter plural of dekapous "ten-footed" (see ten + foot (n.)). From 1888 as a type of locomotive.
- As in ten : noun ten of something
- A tribe of Decapod Crustacea, of which the Hermit-crab is the type.
- Extract from : « The Ancient Life History of the Earth » by Henry Alleyne Nicholson
- Decapod, dek′a-pod, n. one of the shellfish which have ten feet or claws, as the crab.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- We have just mentioned the fact that the head and thorax of a decapod is usually covered by a large shield—the carapace.
- Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux
- M. Latreille is of opinion, That the four wings or their representatives replace the four thoracic legs of the decapod Crustacea.
- Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) » by William Kirby
- Half a dozen varieties of these are known, one of which inhabits an echinoderm, another a decapod crustacean.
- Extract from : « Animal Parasites and Messmates » by P. J. Van Beneden
- The Nauplius, so far as is known, does not occur in any other Decapod form except Penus.
- Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
- It is very meet, right, and the bounden duty of every quadruped, biped and decapod to prey upon the clam.
- Extract from : « Some Winter Days in Iowa » by Frederick John Lazell
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