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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cephalopod /ˈsɛf(ə)lə(ʊ)pɒd, ˈkɛ-/

▶noun Zoology an active predatory mollusc of the large class Cephalopoda, which comprises octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish.

– origin from mod. L. Cephalopoda, from Gk kephalē ‘head’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’.

'cephalopod' also found in these Oxford entries:

ammonite - belemnite - nautilus - octopod - octopus - spermatophore - squid

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