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tetradecapod, a. and n. Zool.|tɛtrəˈdɛkəpɒd| [ad. mod.L. Tetradecapoda, f. tetra- + deca- ten: cf. Decapoda.] a. adj. Having fourteen feet; belonging to the Tetradecapoda, an order of Crustaceans. b. n. A crustacean of this order. So (in same senses) tetradeˈcapodan a. and n.; tetradeˈcapodous a.
1852Dana Crust. ii. 1528 The two types, the Decapodan and Tetradecapodan. Ibid. 1576 Among the Tetradecapods there is the Chilian genus Amphoroidea. 1854Chamb. Jrnl. I. 26/1 Attached to each of them was a small, pale, tetradecapodous animal. 1862Dana Man. Geol., Crust. 153 Fourteen-footed species or Tetradecapods. |