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DECAPODS Synonyms

There are 5 synonyms of the word decapods. (exact relations)
There are 7 hypernyms of the word decapods. (close relations)
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decapodan

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crayfish
nounn
noun

• warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California

• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

• large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

lobsters
nounn
noun

• flesh of a lobster

• any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae

prawns
verb, nounv, n
noun

• any of various edible decapod crustaceans

• shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible

verb

• fish for prawns

shrimps
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• disparaging terms for small people

• any of various edible decapod crustaceans

• small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

verb

• fish for shrimp

decapod crustacean
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax

Best Hypernyms For DECAPODS

Here is a list of related hypernyms for decapods, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (6)
cephalopod crustacean animals arthropods crustaceans invertebrates
Phrases (1)
cephalopod mollusk

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