Decapoda
Pronunciation : De*cap"o*da
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [NL., fr. Gr.
Definition : 1. (Zo?l.)
Defn: The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
Note: They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others.
2. (Zo?l.)
Defn: A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.
pl.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913