cephalopod

cephalopod
noun Etymology: ultimately from cephal- + Greek pod-, pous foot — more at foot Date: 1826 any of a class (Cephalopoda) of marine mollusks including the squids, cuttlefishes, and octopuses that move by expelling water from a tubular siphon under the head and that have a group of muscular usually sucker-bearing arms around the front of the head, highly developed eyes, and usually a sac containing ink which is ejected for defense or concealmentcephalopod adjective

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  • cephalopod — 1826, from Fr. cephalopode, from Mod.L. cephalopoda, from Gk. kephale head + pod , stem of pous foot (see FOOT (Cf. foot)) …   Etymology dictionary

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