decapod en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdɛkəpɒd/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from French décapode. By surface analysis, deca- + -pod.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Having ten legs.
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decapod en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdɛkəpɒd/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from French décapode. By surface analysis, deca- + -pod.
Meanings
- Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
- Any crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
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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nicknames: for example, the Great Eastern 0-10-0 tank "Decapod", and the Lickey Incline banker, "Big Bertha", recently withdrawn from service.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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| decapods | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
decapodan · Decapod iridescent virus 1 · decapodid · decapodal · decapodous
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Translations (11)
fr décapode (crustacean of the order Decapoda) · fa دهپا (crustacean of the order Decapoda) · fi kymmenjalkainen (crustacean of the order Decapoda) · fa دهچرخ (steam locomotive) · de Zehnfußkrebs (crustacean of the order Decapoda) · fi kymmenpyöräinen (steam locomotive) · pl dziesięcionóg (crustacean of the order Decapoda) · gl decápodo (animal with ten legs) · nv chʼosh bijáád neeznánígíí (crustacean of the order Decapoda) · fa دهپا (animal with ten legs) · fi kymmenlonkeroinen (animal with ten legs)