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Noun: decapod crustacean
  1. Crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
    "Shrimp and crabs are common decapod crustaceans";
    - decapod

Derived forms: decapod crustaceans

Type of: crustacean

Part of: Decapoda, order Decapoda

Encyclopedia: Decapod crustacean