cephalopod
(ˈsɛfələpɒd)
[prob. a. mod.F. cephalopode, -es, ad. mod.L. cephalopoda: see next.]
An animal of the class Cephalopoda.
| 1826 Kirby & Spence Entomol. (1828) IV. xlv. 243 The Cephalopods have no smell. 1835–6 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 519/2 Cephalopods resembling the Nautilus. 1881 Modern Rev. II. No. 5. 45 The habits of a cephalopod. |