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octopod
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun octopod has 1 sense
- octopod(n = noun.animal) - a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell; is a kind of cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk
is a member of octopoda, order octopoda
has particulars: devilfish, octopus, argonaut, argonauta argo, nautilus, paper nautilus
CIDE DICTIONARY
octopod, n. [Gr. eight-footed; 'oktw` eight + poy`s, podo`s, foot: cf. F. octopode.].
One of the Octocerata. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
octopod, n. any cephalopod of the order Octopoda, with eight arms usu. having suckers, and a round saclike body, including octopuses.
Etymology
Gk oktopous -podos f. okto eight + pous foot
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