Meanings
plural cephalopods
- Any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.
1 more example
In terms of diversity, cephalopods include the egg case making argonauts, shelled nautiluses, venomous blue-ringed octopuses and enigmatic giants like the giant and colossal squid. […] Generally, cephalopod ink includes melanin, enzymes related to melanin production, catecholamines, peptidoglycans, free amino acids and metals (Derby 2014) .
2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda
nounmarine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekκεφαλή“head”
- Frenchcéphalopode
- Englishcephalopod
From French céphalopode, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + ποδός (podós), genitive singular of πούς (poús, “foot, leg”). By surface analysis, cephalo- + -pod.
More words from French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رَأْسِيّ الْقَدَم, رُأْسَقَدَمِيّ
- رَأْسِيّ الْقَدَم (raʔsiyy al-qadam)mollusc
- رُأْسَقَدَمِيّ (ruʔsaqadamiyy)mollusc
Bulgarian главоно́го, главоно́г
- главоно́го (glavonógo)mollusc
- главоно́г (glavonóg)mollusc
Chinese Mandarin 頭足綱 /头足纲
- 頭足綱 /头足纲 (tóuzúgāng)mollusc
Czech hlavonožec
- hlavonožecmollusc
Danish blæksprutte
- blækspruttemollusc
Dutch koppotige, inktvis
- koppotigemollusc
- inktvismollusc
Esperanto kapopiedulo, cefalopodo
- kapopiedulomollusc
- cefalopodomollusc
Estonian peajalgne
- peajalgnemollusc
Finnish pääjalkainen
- pääjalkainenmollusc
French céphalopode
- céphalopodemollusc
German Kopffüßer, Zephalopode
- Kopffüßermollusc
- Zephalopodemollusc
Greek κεφαλόποδο
- κεφαλόποδο (kefalópodo)mollusc
Hebrew סִילוֹנִית, ראש־רגלאי
- סִילוֹנִית (silonít)mollusc
- ראש־רגלאיmollusc
Hindi शीर्षपाद
- शीर्षपाद (śīrṣapād)mollusc
Hungarian fejlábú
- fejlábúmollusc
Irish ceifileapód
- ceifileapódmollusc
Italian cefalopode
- cefalopodemollusc
Japanese 頭足類
- 頭足類 (tōsokurui)mollusc
Korean 두족류
- 두족류 (dujongnyu)mollusc
Latin cephalopūs
- cephalopūsmollusc
Latvian galvkājis
- galvkājismollusc
Lithuanian galvakojis
- galvakojismollusc
Norwegian Bokmål blekksprut
- blekksprutmollusc
Persian سرپایان
- سرپایان (sarpâyân)mollusc
Polish głowonóg
- głowonógmollusc
Portuguese cefalópode
- cefalópodemollusc
Romanian cefalopod
- cefalopodmollusc
Russian головоно́гий, головоно́гое
- головоно́гий (golovonógij)mollusc
- головоно́гое (golovonógoje)mollusc
Slovak hlavonožec
- hlavonožecmollusc
Spanish cefalópodo
- cefalópodomollusc
Swedish bläckfisk
- bläckfiskmollusc
Turkish kafadanbacaklı
- kafadanbacaklımollusc
Ukrainian головоно́гий
- головоно́гий (holovonóhyj)mollusc
Cite this entry
cephalopod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cephalopod
“cephalopod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cephalopod. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cephalopod,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cephalopod.
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