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shrimp vs decapod

decapod vs shrimp

shrimp and decapod both are nouns.

shrimp is a verb but decapod is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shrimp Yes No Yes No
decapod Yes No No No
As nouns, decapod is a hypernym of shrimp; that is, decapod is a word with a broader meaning than shrimp:
  • shrimp: small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
  • decapod: crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
Other hypernyms of shrimp include decapod crustacean.
shrimp (noun) decapod (noun)
small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
any of various edible decapod crustaceans cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
disparaging terms for small people
shrimp (verb) decapod (verb)
fish for shrimp
Difference between shrimp and decapod

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