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Arthropod vs Decapod - What's the difference?

arthropod | decapod |

As nouns the difference between arthropod and decapod

is that arthropod is an invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages while Decapod is a decapod, the 0-10-0 and 2-10-0 steam locomotive configurations.

As an adjective decapod is

having ten legs.

arthropod

English

(wikipedia arthropod)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda , characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.

    • Related terms

    * arthropodean

    decapod

    English

    Alternative forms

    * decapod

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A decapod, the steam locomotive configurations.