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单词 decapod
释义

decapod

noun

deca·​pod ˈde-kə-ˌpäd How to pronounce decapod (audio)
1
: any of an order (Decapoda) of crustaceans (such as shrimp, lobsters, and crabs) with five pairs of thoracic appendages one or more of which are modified into pincers, with stalked eyes, and with the head and thorax fused into a cephalothorax and covered by a carapace
2
: any of the cephalopod mollusks (orders Sepioidea and Teuthoidea) with 10 arms including cuttlefishes, squids, and related forms
decapod adjective
decapodan
di-ˈka-pə-dən How to pronounce decapod (audio)
adjective or noun
decapodous
di-ˈka-pə-dəs How to pronounce decapod (audio)
adjective

Illustration of decapod

Illustration of decapod
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But the survivors of this catastrophe—including decapods—thrived in the aftermath. National Geographic, 24 Apr. 2019

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Decapoda, from deca- + -poda -pod

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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