Decapod

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Decapod may refer to:

Biology[edit]

  • Decapoda, an order of crustaceans such as lobsters and crabs
  • Decapodiformes, ten-limbed cephalopods with eight arms and two tentacles

Trains[edit]

  • 2-10-0, a steam locomotive wheel arrangement known as "Decapod" in the United States
  • 0-10-0, a steam locomotive wheel arrangement known as "Decapod" in the United Kingdom
  • GER Decapod, an experimental 0-10-0 steam locomotive built by the Great Eastern Railway

Fiction[edit]

  • Decapodians, decapod-like fictional characters in the cartoon series Futurama
  • "The Decapod", 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".

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