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Definition of Cephalopod mollusk
1. Noun. Marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles.
Exact synonyms: Cephalopod
Generic synonyms: Mollusc, Mollusk, Shellfish
Group relationships: Cephalopoda, Class Cephalopoda
Specialized synonyms: Chambered Nautilus, Nautilus, Pearly Nautilus, Dibranch, Dibranchiate, Dibranchiate Mollusk, Octopod, Decapod
Derivative terms: Cephalopod
Generic synonyms: Mollusc, Mollusk, Shellfish
Group relationships: Cephalopoda, Class Cephalopoda
Specialized synonyms: Chambered Nautilus, Nautilus, Pearly Nautilus, Dibranch, Dibranchiate, Dibranchiate Mollusk, Octopod, Decapod
Derivative terms: Cephalopod
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalopod Mollusk
Literary usage of Cephalopod mollusk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Biology: An Introduction to the Geological History of Organisms by Henry Shaler Williams (1895)
"In attempting to introduce a beginner to a knowledge of the cephalopod mollusk
the method of Lankester, so admirably expressed in his article " Mollusca" in ..."
2. Stories of Infinity: Lumen--History of a Comet--In Infinity. by Camille Flammarion (1873)
"The king of the creation was then a kind of sea-snail, a cephalopod mollusk,
rather noisy and quite harmless. This innocent creature, who never thought of ..."
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