单词 | decapod |
释义 | decapodn.adj. Zoology. A. n. 1. A member of the Decapoda; a ten-footed crustacean; also, a ten-armed cephalopod; in plural = Decapoda n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > member of squid1613 ink-fish1693 squid fish1726 decapod1835 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > member of crayfisha1400 decapod1835 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 520/2 The Decapods are..characterized by having a pair of fins attached to the mantle. 1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 169 I have never succeeded in capturing one of these beautiful decapods [Spirula] alive. 2. A heavy-freight locomotive with ten driving wheels originating in the United States. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > used for heavy (freight) trains Mogul1877 decapod1888 hog1888 Shay1894 1888 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 183 Consolidation and decapod types of engines, which have four and five pairs of driving-wheels. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 5/2 ‘Decapod’! New Hustling Locomotive for G.E.R. 1906 Daily Mail 17 Dec. 5/7 Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Co. of Darlington have just completed three..huge ‘decapod’ locomotives. 1947 L. M. Beebe Mixed Train Daily 276 Decapods and other classifications with 250-pound engine pressure. B. adj. Belonging to the Decapoda. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > having ten feet decapod1835 decapodous1835 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > of or belonging to Malacostraca > of the Thoracostraca > belonging to the Decapoda decapod1835 decapodous1835 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xv. 37 In most of the Decapod Crustaceans the anterior legs are become strictly arms. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §892 The Decapod family [of Cephalopods]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1835 |
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