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CLASS CEPHALOPODA

Dictionary entry overview: What does class Cephalopoda mean?

• CLASS CEPHALOPODA (noun)
The noun CLASS CEPHALOPODA has 1 sense:

1. octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus

Familiarity information: CLASS CEPHALOPODA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLASS CEPHALOPODA (noun)

Sense 1

class Cephalopoda ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cephalopoda; class Cephalopoda

Hypernyms ("class Cephalopoda" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Cephalopoda"):

cephalopod; cephalopod mollusk (marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles)

family Nautilidae; Nautilidae (spiral-shelled cephalopods)

Dibranchia; Dibranchiata; subclass Dibranchia; subclass Dibranchiata (comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish))

Holonyms ("class Cephalopoda" is a member of...):

Mollusca; phylum Mollusca (gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons)

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