CEPHALOPODA
\sˌɛfɐləpˈə͡ʊdə], \sˌɛfɐləpˈəʊdə], \s_ˌɛ_f_ɐ_l_ə_p_ˈəʊ_d_ə]\
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octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus
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sef-al-op'od-a, n.pl. the highest class of molluscs, usually large animals, exclusively marine, with well-developed head region, but having the ventral surface grown round the mouth and split up into arms bearing suckers--more commonly cuttlefish.--adj. CEPH'ALOPOD. [Gr. kephal[=e], the head, pous, podos, the foot.]
By Thomas Davidson