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cephalopod

The definition of a cephalopod is a marine creature with a large head, large eyes and tentacles.

(noun)

An octopus is an example of a cephalopod.

See cephalopod in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of a class (Cephalopoda) of marine mollusks having a distinct head with highly developed eyes, varying numbers of arms, with suckers, attached to the head about the mouth, and a saclike fin-bearing mantle, as an octopus, squid, or cuttlefish

Origin: cephalo- + -pod

See cephalopod in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various marine mollusks of the class Cephalopoda, such as the octopus, squid, cuttlefish, or nautilus, having a large head, large eyes, prehensile tentacles, and, in most species, an ink sac containing a dark fluid used for protection or defense.

adjective

Of, relating to, or belonging to the class Cephalopoda.

Origin:

Origin: From New Latin Cephalopoda, class name

Origin: : cephalo-

Origin: + -poda, -pod

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