Cephalopod

  • 1Cephalopod — Ceph a*lo*pod (s[e^]f [.a]*l[ o]*p[o^]d), Cephalopode Ceph a*lo*pode (s[e^]f [.a]*l[ o]*p[=o]d), n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the Cephalopoda. [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 2cephalopod — 1826, from Fr. cephalopode, from Mod.L. cephalopoda, from Gk. kephale head + pod , stem of pous foot (see FOOT (Cf. foot)) …

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  • 3cephalopod — ► NOUN Zoology ▪ a mollusc of a class including octopuses and squids. ORIGIN from Greek kephal head + pous foot …

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  • 4cephalopod — [sef′ə lō päd΄] n. [ CEPHALO + POD] 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,… …

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  • 5Cephalopod — Cephalopods Temporal range: Devonian – Recent[1] (Stem groups from Cambrian)[2] …

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  • 6cephalopod — /sef euh leuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Cephalopoda, having tentacles attached to the head, including the cuttlefish, squid, and octopus. adj. 2. Also, cephalopodic, cephalopodous /sef euh lop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to… …

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  • 7cephalopod — noun Etymology: ultimately from cephal + Greek pod , pous foot more at foot Date: 1826 any of a class (Cephalopoda) of marine mollusks including the squids, cuttlefishes, and octopuses that move by expelling water from a tubular siphon under the… …

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  • 8Cephalopod ink — Ventral view of the viscera of Chtenopteryx sicula, showing the location of the ink sac Cephalopod ink is a dark pigment released into water by most species of cephalopod, usually as an escape mechanism. All cephalopods, with the exception of the …

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  • 9Cephalopod intelligence — An octopus in a zoo Cephalopod intelligence has an important comparative aspect in the understanding of intelligence because it relies on a nervous system fundamentally different from that of vertebrates.[1] The cephalopod class of molluscs,… …

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  • 10Cephalopod eye — Vertebrate …

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