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oc·to·pod
(ŏk′tə-pŏd′)n.
Any of various cephalopod mollusks of the order Octopoda, which includes the octopuses, having eight sucker-bearing arms.
[From New Latin Octōpoda, order name, from Greek oktōpoda, neuter pl. of oktōpous, octopus; see octopus.]
oc′to·pod′, oc′to·pod′ous adj.
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octopod
(ˈɒktəˌpɒd) oroctopodan
n
(Animals) any cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda, including octopuses and the paper nautilus, having eight tentacles, and lacking an internal shell
adj
(Zoology) Also: octopodous or octopoid of, relating to, or belonging to the Octopoda
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oc•to•pod
(ˈɒk təˌpɒd)n.
any eight-armed cephalopod mollusk of the order Octopoda: includes the octopuses and paper nautiluses.
[1820–30; < New Latin Octopoda < Greek oktṓpous eight-footed]
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| Noun | 1. |  octopod - a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shellcephalopod, cephalopod mollusk - marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles Octopoda, order Octopoda - octopuses and paper nautilus Argonauta argo, paper nautilus, nautilus, Argonaut - cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells |
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