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decapods

decapods is the plural of decapod.

Meaning of decapod

Noun

decapod (plural decapods)

  1. Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
    Synonyms:
    decapodan, decapodid
  2. Any crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
  3. A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations.
    • 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nicknames: for example, the Great Eastern 0-10-0 tank "Decapod", and the Lickey Incline banker, "Big Bertha", recently withdrawn from service.1956 October, R. S. McNaught, “Locomotive Nicknames”, in Railway Magazine, pages 698-699

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Noun capitalized: Decapods

Decapods

  1. (plural) plural of Decapod

Questions about decapods

What is decapods the plural of?
Decapods is the plural of decapod.
What part of speech is decapods?
Decapods is a noun.

Words near decapods in the dictionary

  1. decapodal
  2. decapodan
  3. decapodans
  4. decapodid
  5. decapodous
  6. decapods
  7. decapoise
  8. decapoises
  9. decapolar
  10. Decapolis
  11. Decapolitan

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