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cephalopod::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cephalopodan |
cephalopod::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cephalopod mollusk |
| Type of | shellfish, mollusk, mollusc |
| Has types | dibranch, dibranchiate, dibranchiate mollusk, chambered nautilus, decapod, octopod, pearly nautilus, nautilus |
Examples of cephalopod
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Nautilus is the only genus of cephalopod that has a well-developed external shell.
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We've got a pretty good idea of what the cephalopod ancestor would have looked like.
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Approximate consensus of extant cephalopod phylogeny, after Strugnell et al.
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If the other cephalopod remains brightly coloured, it is taken as a warning.
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Some cephalopod axons are so large, they can be seen without a microscope.
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Chances are, if you are near an ocean, a cephalopod of one kind or another is not far.
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The giant, purple, eight-armed cephalopod makes us warm up to the playoffs a little more.
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Basically, in the above picture, cephalopod territory is marked in blue.
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The taxonomy of the giant squid, as with many cephalopod genera, has not been resolved.
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- Relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda
- Marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles
- A cephalopod (pronounced /u02C8su025Bfu0259lu0259u02CCpu0252d/) is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural u03BAu03B5u03C6u03B1u03BBu03CCu03C0u03BFu03B4u03B1, kephalu00F3poda; "head-feet"). These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a set of arms or tentacles (muscular hydrostats) modified from the primitive molluscan foot...
- (Cephalopods) (Cephalopoda). (See Cephalopod size.) While generally much smaller than the giant Architeuthis and Mesonychoteuthis, the largest of the octopuses, the Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), can be very large. ...
- (CEPHALOPODS) The highest class of the Mollusca, or Soft-bodied animals, characterised by having the mouth surrounded by a greater or less number of fleshy arms or tentacles, which, in most living species, are furnished with sucking-cups. (Examples, Cuttle-fish, Nautilus.)
- (Cephalopods) are any of the species of mollusks assigned to the taxonomic class cephalopoda (meaning "head-footed"). People usually think of a squid, but there are many kinds in this class including the nautilus, octopus, and cuttlefish.
- One of the Cephalopoda. A marine invertebrate characterized by a head surrounded by tentacles and, in most fossil forms, by the presence of a straight or spirally coiled, calcareous shell divided into numerous interior chambers; ranges in age from Cambrian to present.
- A mollusk that has a tubular siphon under its head, a group of legs with suckers around the head, highly developed eyes, and a sack of ink that may be ejected for concealment or defense. Octopus, squids and cuttlefish belong to this group.
- A group of marine molluscs which have a soft body, grasping tentacles and a well developed nervous system. Fossil examples include ammonoids and belemnoids. Living examples include octopus, nautilus and squid.
