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CEPHALOPODA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus
Synonyms:
Cephalopoda; class Cephalopoda
Classified under:
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)
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