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OCTOPODA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Octopoda; order Octopoda
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Octopoda" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Octopoda"):
octopod (a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell)
family Octopodidae; Octopodidae (a family of Octopoda)
Argonautidae; family Argonautidae (represented solely by the genus Argonauta)
Holonyms ("Octopoda" is a member of...):
Dibranchia; Dibranchiata; subclass Dibranchia; subclass Dibranchiata (comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish))