Meanings
decapod1
plural decapods
- biologyAny of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
- biologyAny crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
- rail transportA 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nicknames: for example, the Great Eastern 0-10-0 tank "Decapod", and the Lickey Incline banker, "Big Bertha", recently withdrawn from service.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
Decapod2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncrustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchdécapode
- Englishdecapod
Borrowed from French décapode. By surface analysis, deca- + -pod.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish kymmenlonkeroinen, kymmenjalkainen
- kymmenlonkeroinenanimal with ten legs
- kymmenjalkainencrustacean of the order Decapoda
- kymmenpyöräinensteam locomotive
French décapode
- décapodecrustacean of the order Decapoda
German Zehnfußkrebs
- Zehnfußkrebscrustacean of the order Decapoda
Persian دهپا, دهپا
- دهپا (dahpâ)animal with ten legs
- دهپا (dahpâ)crustacean of the order Decapoda
- دهچرخ (dahčarx)steam locomotive
Polish dziesięcionóg
- dziesięcionógcrustacean of the order Decapoda
Cite this entry
decapod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decapod
“decapod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decapod. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decapod,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decapod.
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