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ceph·a·lop·o·da
\ˌsefəˈläpədə\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from cephal- + -poda
: the highest class of Mollusca containing the squids, cuttlefishes, octopuses, nautiluses, ammonites, and related forms all having around the front of the head a group of elongated muscular arms usually furnished with prehensile suckers or hooks, a highly developed head with large well-organized eyes showing remarkable resemblance to the vertebrate eye, usually a cartilaginous brain case, a pair of powerful horny jaws shaped like a parrot's beak, and in most existing forms a bag of inklike fluid which they can eject from the siphon, the higher forms (as the cuttlefishes and squids) being able to swim rapidly by ejecting a jet of water from the tubular siphon beneath the head
• ceph·a·lop·o·dan \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷dən\ adjective or noun
• ceph·a·lo·pod·ic \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ)lō|pädik\ adjective |