CEPHALOPODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cephalopoda mean? 

• CEPHALOPODA (noun)
  The noun CEPHALOPODA has 1 sense:

1. octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus

  Familiarity information: CEPHALOPODA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEPHALOPODA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cephalopoda; class Cephalopoda

Hypernyms ("Cephalopoda" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Cephalopoda"):

cephalopod; cephalopod mollusk (marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles)

family Nautilidae; Nautilidae (spiral-shelled cephalopods)

Dibranchia; Dibranchiata; subclass Dibranchia; subclass Dibranchiata (comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish))

Holonyms ("Cephalopoda" is a member of...):

Mollusca; phylum Mollusca (gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons)