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Definition of Cephalopod

1. Adjective. Relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda.

2. Noun. Marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles.

Definition of Cephalopod

1. n. One of the Cephalopoda.

Definition of Cephalopod

1. Noun. Any mollusc, of the class ''Cephalopoda'', which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cephalopod

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalopod

cephalometrics cephalometries cephalometry cephalomotor cephalon cephalons cephalont cephalopagus cephalopalpebral reflex cephalopathy

cephalopelvic cephalopelvimetry cephalopharyngeus cephalophore cephalophores cephalopod (current term) cephalopod mollusk cephalopodan cephalopods cephaloridine

cephaloridines cephalorrhachidian cephalorrhachidian index cephalosome cephalosomes cephalosporanic acid cephalosporanic acids cephalosporin cephalosporin 7-alpha-hydroxylase cephalosporin C transaminase

Literary usage of Cephalopod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1895)
"Dr. FA Bather has generously devoted considerable space to a critical review of some of my recent papers pertaining to early stages of cephalopod shells, ..."

2. Alpha: A Greek Primer Introductory to Xenophon by William Goodell Frost (1891)
"... almost the entire vocabulary of philosophy, of science, and of literary criticism, — words like psychology, idea, astronomy, cephalopod, pathetic, ..."

3. Life-history of Our Planet by William Dickey Gunning (1876)
"CHAPTER IV The cephalopod — Evolution of the Nautilus — Evolution of the Ammonite—Ontogeny and Phylogeny— The Individual and the Race—A Species in its Rise ..."

4. Information Resources for Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, and Cephalopods Used by D'Anna J. Berry (1994)
"cephalopod CARE AND USE 351 "Larval" and Juvenile cephalopods: A Manual for Their Identification ... PO Journal of cephalopod Biology 2(1):31- 40 (1991). ..."

5. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"His argumente in favour of parasitism appear to be based on the following data :—1, That tho same species of cephalopod is not always found in the same ..."

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