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ORDER DECAPODA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Squids and cuttlefishes
Synonyms:
Decapoda; order Decapoda
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Decapoda" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Decapoda"):
decapod (cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones)
genus Loligo (squids)
genus Ommastrephes (a genus of Decapoda)
genus Architeuthis (giant squid)
family Sepiidae; Sepiidae (true cuttlefishes)
family Spirulidae; Spirulidae (coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications)
Holonyms ("order Decapoda" is a member of...):
Dibranchia; Dibranchiata; subclass Dibranchia; subclass Dibranchiata (comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns
Synonyms:
Decapoda; order Decapoda
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("order Decapoda" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Decapoda"):
decapod; decapod crustacean (crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax)
Reptantia; suborder Reptantia (lobsters; crabs)
family Nephropsidae; Nephropsidae (in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae)
family Palinuridae; Palinuridae (spiny lobsters)
Astacidae; Astacura; family Astacidae (crayfish)
family Paguridae; Paguridae (hermit crabs)
Natantia; suborder Natantia (shrimp; prawns; etc.)
Holonyms ("order Decapoda" is a member of...):
Malacostraca; subclass Malacostraca (largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies)
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