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‖De*cap"o*da (d&euptack_;*kăp"&ouptack_;*d&adot_;), prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] 1. (Zo&ö;l.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
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&hand_; 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.
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2. (Zo&ö;l.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.