Meanings
plural octopodiforms
- A cephalopod of the superorder Octopodiformes, comprising octopuses and vampire squid.
The buccal crown is present in most decapodiforms but absent from all octopodiforms.
2002, Kent E. Carpenter, Living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic, volume 1, page 1531 more example
The Vampire squid – which is actually an octopodiform and not a squid, and looks like an apparition from an impossibly ancient dream – is harmless to humans.
2013, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 229Synonyms: vampyropod
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cephalopod of the superorder Octopodiformes, comprising octopuses and vampire squid.
Origin
From Octopodiformes (superorder name).
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