octopodan
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octopodan — oc·top·o·dan … English syllables
octopod — a.,n. (mollusc) belonging to the order of cephalopods having eight arms. ♦ octopodan, ♦ octopodous, a … Dictionary of difficult words
octopod — [äk′tə päd΄] n. [< Gr oktōpous (gen. octōpodos): see OCTOPUS] any animal with eight limbs; specif., any of an order (Octopoda) of cephalopod mollusks, including the octopus and the paper nautilus octopodan [äk′täp′ə dən] adj., n. octopodous… … English World dictionary
