decapod crustacean

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thoraxdecapodcrustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeletonDecapoda, order Decapoda - lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawnscrab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincerslobster - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridaecrawdaddy, crawfish, crawdad, crayfish - small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobsterhermit crab - small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropodsshrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edibleprawn - shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edibletropical prawn - edible tropical and warm-water prawn