ceph|a|lo|pod

ceph|a|lo|pod «SEHF uh luh pod», noun, adjective.

–n.

any one of the most highly organized class of marine mollusks, characterized by long, armlike tentacles around the mouth, a large head, a pair of large eyes, a sharp, birdlike beak, and a siphon used in propulsion. Many can expel a dark, inklike fluid out of the siphon. Cuttlefish, squids, octopuses, and nautiluses are cephalopods.

–adj.

of or belonging to the cephalopods.

╂[< New Latin Cephalopoda < Greek kephal head + poús, podós foot]