order decapoda

1. 1.

   lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns

   SynonymsDecapoda

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofMalacostraca
2. 2.

   squids and cuttlefishes

   SynonymsDecapoda

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofDibranchiata

Questions about order decapoda

What does order decapoda mean?

order decapoda means "lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for order decapoda?

Close synonyms include Decapoda, Decapoda. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is order decapoda a common word?

order decapoda is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.