decapod

Borrowed from French décapode. By surface analysis, deca- +‎ -pod.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkəpɒd/

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decapod (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having ten legs.

   Synonyms: decapodan, decapodal, decapodid

decapod (plural decapods)

1. (zoology) Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.

   Synonyms: decapodan, decapodid

2. (zoology) Any crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
4. (rail transport) A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations.

   Alternative form: Decapod

   • 1956 October, R. S. McNaught, “Locomotive Nicknames”, in Railway Magazine, pages 698-699:

     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nicknames: for example, the Great Eastern 0-10-0 tank "Decapod", and the Lickey Incline banker, "Big Bertha", recently withdrawn from service.

Borrowed from French décapode.

decapod n (plural decapode)

1. decapod