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DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
Synonyms:
decapod; decapod crustacean
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("decapod crustacean" is a kind of...):
crustacean (any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "decapod crustacean"):
crab (decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers)
lobster (any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae)
crawdad; crawdaddy; crawfish; crayfish (small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster)
hermit crab (small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods)
shrimp (small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible)
prawn (shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible)
tropical prawn (edible tropical and warm-water prawn)
Holonyms ("decapod crustacean" is a member of...):
Decapoda; order Decapoda (lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns)
