decapod
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Decapod¹
noun Decapods
- Alternative letter-case form of decapod
decapod²
- /ˈdɛkəpɒd/ UK
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Borrowed from French décapode. By surface analysis, deca- + -pod.
noun decapods
- Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
- Any crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
- A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations. Naturally, odd pairs of engines and solitary examples lend themselves admirably to nicknames: for example, the Great Eastern 0-10-0 tank "Decapod", and the Lickey Incline banker, "Big Bertha", recently withdrawn from service.
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noun crustacean of the order Decapoda
| Français | décapode |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Zehnfußkrebs |
Talk about this word "decapod." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/decapod. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. decapod. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/decapod "decapod." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/decapod.
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@misc{decapod_2026,
title = {decapod},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/decapod},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
