Octopod

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  • noun. Any of various cephalopod mollusks of the order Octopoda, which includes the octopuses, having eight sucker-bearing arms.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In Mollusca, eight-footed or eight-armed, as an octopus; pertaining to the Octopoda, or having their characters; octocerous.
  • noun. An octopus, or octopod cephalopod; any member of the Octopoda.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of the Octocerata.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
  • noun. Any cephalopod mollusks of the order Octopoda.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell
    • Word Usage
    "The term octopod (plural octopods or octopodes) is taken from the taxonomic order Octopoda but has no classical equivalent."
    cross-reference
    octopodes  octopus  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cephalopod  cephalopod mollusk  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    argonaut  argonauta argo  devilfish  nautilus  octopus  
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