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decapod

de·ca·pod

UK/ˈdɛkəpɒd/ uncommon

noun

1.

crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax

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2.

cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones

Origin

Borrowed from French décapode. By surface analysis, deca- + -pod.

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  • Decapod iridescent virus 1

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