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decapod Zool.|ˈdɛkəpɒd|
[a. F. décapode (Latreille 1806), ad. mod.L. Decapoda: see next.]
A. n.
1. A member of the Decapoda; a ten-footed crustacean; also, a ten-armed cephalopod; in pl. = Decapoda.
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 520/2 The Decapods are..characterized by having a pair of fins attached to the mantle. 1885C. F. Holder Marvels Anim. Life 169 I have never succeeded in capturing one of these beautiful decapods [Spirula] alive.
2. A heavy-freight locomotive with ten driving wheels originating in the United States. Also attrib.
1888Scribner's Mag. Aug. 183 Consolidation and decapod types of engines, which have four and five pairs of driving-wheels. 1903Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 5/2 ‘Decapod’! New Hustling Locomotive for G.E.R. 1906Daily Mail 17 Dec. 5/7 Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Co. of Darlington have just completed three..huge ‘decapod’ locomotives. 1947L. M. Beebe Mixed Train Daily 276 Decapods and other classifications with 250-pound engine pressure.
B. adj. Belonging to the Decapoda.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xv. 37 In most of the Decapod Crustaceans the anterior legs are become strictly arms. 1847Carpenter Zool. §892 The Decapod family [of Cephalopods]. |