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Definition of Class cephalopoda
1. Noun. Octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus.
Group relationships: Mollusca, Phylum Mollusca
Member holonyms: Cephalopod, Cephalopod Mollusk, Family Nautilidae, Nautilidae, Dibranchia, Dibranchiata, Subclass Dibranchia, Subclass Dibranchiata
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Class cephalopoda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"Class CEPHALOPODA. THE CUTTLE-FISH [Sepia officinalis, Linn.]. The cuttle-fish
would seem to be a complete animal in itself, both male and female ; but how ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The first establishment of the class Cephalopoda, however, as a definite natural
group ... The class Cephalopoda is divided into the two great orders of the ..."
3. Report on the Turton Collection of South African Marine Mollusks, with by Paul Bartsch (1915)
"The collection numbers in parentheses are those given by Colonel Turton.
SYSTEMATIC LIST. Phylum MOLLUSCA. Class CEPHALOPODA. ..."
4. Zoology, Descriptive and Practical by Buel Preston Colton (1903)
"class cephalopoda. THE cephalopods include such forms as the squid, cuttlefish,
and chambered nautilus. The Squid. — The squid is the best example of the ..."
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