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Cephalopod   /sˈɛfələpˌɑd/   Listen
Cephalopod

noun
1.
Marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles.  Synonym: cephalopod mollusk.



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"Cephalopod" Quotes from Famous Books



... excursion into the realm of "transcendental anatomy" is his comparison of a Cephalopod to a doubled-up Vertebrate whose legs have become adherent to its head, whose alimentary canal has doubled upon itself in such a way as to bring the anus near the mouth (De Partibus, iv., 9, 684^b). It is clear, however, ...
— Form and Function - A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology • E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell


Words linked to "Cephalopod" :   shellfish, octopod, dibranchiate mollusk, mollusc, dibranchiate, dibranch, chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus, mollusk, cephalopod mollusk, decapod, nautilus


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