Decapod may refer to:
Biology
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Decapoda, an order of crustaceans such as lobsters and crabs
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Decapodiformes
Decapodiformes is a superorder of Cephalopoda comprising all cephalopod species with ten limbs, specifically eight short arms and two long tentacles. It is hypothesized that the ancestral coleoid had five identical pairs of limbs, and that one ...
, ten-limbed cephalopods with eight arms and two tentacles
Trains
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2-10-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-10-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, ten powered and coupled driving wheels on five axles, and no trailing wheels. This arrangement ...
, a steam locomotive wheel arrangement known as "Decapod" in the United States
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0-10-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels on five axles and no trailing wheels. In the United Kingdom, this type is known ...
, a steam locomotive wheel arrangement known as "Decapod" in the United Kingdom
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GER Decapod, an experimental 0-10-0 steam locomotive built by the Great Eastern Railway
Fiction
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Decapodian
Dr. John A. Zoidberg, often referred to only by his last name, is a fictional character from the animated series '' Futurama''. He is a Decapodian, a crustacean-like species of alien, who works as the staff doctor for ''Planet Express'', despite h ...
s, decapod-like fictional characters in the cartoon series ''Futurama''
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The Decapod
"The Decapod" is the third episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series '' The Avengers'', starring Patrick Macnee and Julie Stevens. It was first broadcast by ABC on 13 October 1962. The episode was directed ...
", the third episode of the second series of the 1960s British television series ''The Avengers''
* In the 2016 Disney film
Moana, a crab named Tamatoa refers to himself as a decapod during the singing of the song "Shiny".
See also
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Monopod
A monopod, also called a unipod, is a single staff or pole used to help support cameras, binoculars, rifles or other precision instruments in the field.
Camera and imaging use
The monopod allows a still camera to be held steadier, allowing t ...
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Tripod
A tripod is a portable three-legged frame or stand, used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object. The three-legged (triangular stance) design provides good stability against gravitational loads ...
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Tetrapod
Tetrapods (; ) are four-limbed vertebrate animals constituting the superclass Tetrapoda (). It includes extant and extinct amphibians, sauropsids ( reptiles, including dinosaurs and therefore birds) and synapsids ( pelycosaurs, extinct t ...
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Hexapod (disambiguation)
Hexapod may refer to:
Things with six limbs, e.g. a hexapod chair would have six not the traditional four limbs
Biology
* Hexapoda, a subphylum of arthropods including the insects
* Hexapodidae, a family of crabs
Technology
* Hexapod (robotics) ...
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Octopod
An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttl ...
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