English > cephalopod: 2 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles. |
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| Synonym | cephalopod mollusk |
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| Member of | Cephalopoda, class Cephalopoda | octopuses |
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| Narrower | chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus, nautilus | cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions |
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| decapod | cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones |
| dibranchiate, dibranchiate mollusk, dibranch | cephalopods having two gills |
| octopod | A cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell |
| Broader | mollusk, mollusc, shellfish | invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell |
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| Spanish | cefalópodo, cefalópodos, cephalopoda |
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| Catalan | cefalòpode |
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| Adjectives | cephalopod | relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda |
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