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Decapod vs Gonopod - What's the difference?

decapod | gonopod |

In zoology terms the difference between decapod and gonopod

is that decapod is any crustacean, of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters while gonopod is a pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods.

As an adjective decapod

is having ten legs.

decapod

English

Alternative forms

* decapod

Noun

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

    • gonopod

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) A pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods.