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Tetradecapoda :: Tetradecapoda (n. pl.) Same as Arthrostraca.

Hexapod :: Hexapod (n.) An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.

Apodal :: Apodal (n.) Without feet; footless.

Apneumona :: Apneumona (n. pl.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.

Myriapod :: Myriapod (n.) One of the Myriapoda.

Apodous :: Apodous (a.) Apodal; apod.

Shrimp :: Shrimp (v.) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda..

Insecta :: Insecta (n. pl.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheae, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n..

Hexapoda :: Hexapoda (n. pl.) The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids..

Insecta :: Insecta (n.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined..

Stomatopodous :: Stomatopoda (n. pl.) Same as Stomapoda.

Podophthalmia :: Podophthalmia (n. pl.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda..

Apoda :: Apoda (n.) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech..

Squillitic :: Squilla (n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.

Centiped :: Centiped (n.) A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet..

Decapod :: Decapod (n.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively..

Decapoda :: Decapoda (n. pl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc..

Myriopoda :: Myriopoda (n. pl.) See Myriapoda.

Insecta :: Insecta (n.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda..

Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

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