Meaning of Decapod | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
2. A decapod, the 0-10-0 (UK) and 2-10-0 steam locomotive configurations.
3. Any crustacean, of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
4. A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations. Sometimes capitalized.

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“Naturally, odd pairs of engines and solitary examples lend themselves admirably to nicknames: for example, the Great Eastern 0-10-0 tank "Decapod", and the Lickey Incline banker, "Big Bertha", recently withdrawn from service.”

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