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What is the noun for decapods?

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decapod
  1. (zoology) Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
  2. (zoology) Any crustacean, of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
  3. (rail transport) A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations. Sometimes capitalized.
  4. Synonyms:
Decapod
  1. A decapod, the 0-10-0 and 2-10-0 steam locomotive configurations.
  2. Examples:
    1. Decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean.”
      “Panic on the boardwalk Compassionate centrism Reprints Related items Canada: A place apartOct 11th 2007 Branding lobsters: Decapod duelsNov 30th 2006But the waters surrounding the island provoke the most controversy.”
      “The decapod fossils are preserved in remarkable detail as molds and as body fossils.”
decapodan
  1. Alternative form of decapod
Decapods
  1. plural of Decapod
decapods
  1. plural of decapod
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “By any measure, decapods are underrepresented in the fossil record by comparison with organisms with more heavily calcified exoskeletons.”
      “Urine signals, excreted through nephropores located near the base of the antennae, are a likely source of pheromonal cues in decapods.”
      “Anthony Rice has used morphology of zoea to develop phylogenies of subsets of decapods that provides a different insight into relationships.”
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