decapoda
n. pl. பத்துக் கால்களுள்ள நண்டு இறால் முதலியவற்றை உள்ளடக்கிய உயிரினம்.
De*cap"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. Note: They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others. 2. (Zoöl.) Defn: A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.