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A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.

Apodal.

Without feet; footless.

The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.

Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed.

The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.

A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennæ, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaæ, similar to those of true insects. The larvæ,…

An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea.…

Same as Arthrostraca.

or legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.

rder of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.

Apodal; apod.

isions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.

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. [Written also centipede (

udes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.

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

Having ten feet; decapodal. [R.] Bailey.

An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.

Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.

One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.