cephalopod

/sefəloupɔd/

Thân thiện

A squid, a type of cephalopod, jets through the ocean with its tentacles trailing behind.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A marine mollusk of the class Cephalopoda, characterized by a well-developed head, large eyes, and a ring of sucker-bearing tentacles or arms around the mouth. Examples include octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish.

2. Adjective:

   • Relating to or belonging to the class Cephalopoda.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The giant squid is a deep-sea cephalopod.
  • Scientists studied the intelligent behavior of the cephalopod.
• Adjective:
  • The cephalopod nervous system is highly complex.
  • We examined cephalopod fossils in the museum.

Advanced Usage

• "Cephalopod intelligence": Refers to the advanced cognitive abilities observed in octopuses and squids.
  • Research into cephalopod intelligence challenges our understanding of invertebrate cognition.

Variants and Related Words

• Cephalopoda (n): The scientific class name for cephalopods.
• Cephalopodan (adj): An alternative adjective form meaning 'of or relating to cephalopods'.

Synonyms

• Noun: None that are exact, but can be described as "tentacled mollusk."

Different Meanings

• The word is used almost exclusively in biological and zoological contexts to refer to this specific class of mollusks. There are no common idiomatic or figurative meanings.

Phrasal Verbs / Compound Terms

• Cephalopod ink: A defensive cloud of dark ink released by many cephalopods.
  • The octopus escaped behind a cloud of cephalopod ink.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda

Noun

1. marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cephalopodan
• cephalopod mollusk