Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various carnivorous marine mollusks of the class Cephalopoda, having a large head, a mouth with a chitinous beak surrounded by arms or tentacles, and in most species, an ink sac containing a dark fluid used for defense, and including the octopuses, squids, cuttlefishes, and nautiluses.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or resembling the Cephalopoda. Also cephalopodan, cephalopodous.
- noun A member of the class Cephalopoda. Also cephalopodan, cephalopode.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the Cephalopoda.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
mollusc , of the classCephalopoda , which includessquid ,cuttlefish ,octopus ,nautiloids etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda
- noun marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The giant squid is an "eat the crew, ask questions later" kind of cephalopod
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The giant squid is an "eat the crew, ask questions later" kind of cephalopod
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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I was also somewhat at a loss as to what kind of cephalopod-related picture I could post in honor of PZ's 50th not a lot of squid in northeastern California!
Archive 2007-03-01 Christopher O'Brien 2007
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I was also somewhat at a loss as to what kind of cephalopod-related picture I could post in honor of PZ's 50th not a lot of squid in northeastern California!
Happy Birthday PZ! Christopher O'Brien 2007
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Sorry, I’m pretty sure that’s not Darwin, but some kind of cephalopod space alien.
Breaking news: Darwin appears in holy frying pan! - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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In a titanic clash of science and sensationalism, this crafty cephalopod was conjectured to be the "most intelligent invertebrate ever" -- so talented, in fact, that it sculpted "the earliest known self-portrait" using the bones of its prey.
Steven Newton: Unleash the Kraken! Creationism, Kookiness, and Alleged Censorship Steven Newton 2011
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In a titanic clash of science and sensationalism, this crafty cephalopod was conjectured to be the "most intelligent invertebrate ever" -- so talented, in fact, that it sculpted "the earliest known self-portrait" using the bones of its prey.
Steven Newton: Unleash the Kraken! Creationism, Kookiness, and Alleged Censorship Steven Newton 2011
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Sadly, the psychic cephalopod passed away last night in his aquarium at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre.
David Mizejewski: Paul the Psychic Octopus Is Dead David Mizejewski 2010
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This summer, he's been hired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to journey to the Philippines and the remote Pacific ocean and study the mysterious cephalopod Nautilus, a living fossil over 500 million years old that just might be reaching the end of its expansive evolutionary rope.
Scott Thill: We've Entered the Age of Mass Extinction Scott Thill 2011
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In a titanic clash of science and sensationalism, this crafty cephalopod was conjectured to be the "most intelligent invertebrate ever" -- so talented, in fact, that it sculpted "the earliest known self-portrait" using the bones of its prey.
Steven Newton: Unleash the Kraken! Creationism, Kookiness, and Alleged Censorship Steven Newton 2011
chained_bear commented on the word cephalopod
I love that this word means "foothead."
October 21, 2007
reesetee commented on the word cephalopod
"Headfoot," no?
October 22, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word cephalopod
Shut up!!
I mean... yeah, I guess.
*sulks*
October 23, 2007
reesetee commented on the word cephalopod
Don't sulk. "Foothead" just sounds so much better. In fact, it's one of my favorite epithets. :-)
October 23, 2007
seanahan commented on the word cephalopod
Don't worry about it CB, if it's any consolation, this can't have further lowered our opinion of you.
October 23, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word cephalopod
seanahan,
You're a foothead.
Love,
chained_bear
October 23, 2007
seanahan commented on the word cephalopod
Ooooooh, chained_bear looooooves me.
October 23, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word cephalopod
seanahan,
You're still a foothead.
chained_bear
October 23, 2007
uselessness commented on the word cephalopod
seanahan,
Better a foothead than a butthead.
Insincerely,
uselessness
October 23, 2007
seanahan commented on the word cephalopod
Would that be analopod?
October 24, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word cephalopod
No, sionnach teaches us it's cephalopygian.
April 4, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word cephalopod
Posting this here as well as on cuttlefish. Because cephalopods rock.
December 23, 2008