DECAPODS Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word decapods. (close relations)
Definition of DECAPODS
decapodan
Best Alternative Words for DECAPODS
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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 |