Definition of Cephalopods. Meaning of Cephalopods. Synonyms of Cephalopods

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Definition of Cephalopods

Cephalopod
Cephalopod Ceph"a*lo*pod, Cephalopode Ceph"a*lo*pode, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Cephalopoda.

Meaning of Cephalopods from wikipedia

- foot. Fishers sometimes call cephalopods "inkfish", referring to their common ability to squirt ink. The study of cephalopods is a branch of malacology known...
- navigational abilities, and predatory techniques in cephalopods is widely acknowledged. Cephalopods have been compared to hypothetical intelligent extraterrestrials...
- All extant cephalopods have a two-part beak, or rostrum, situated in the buccal m**** and surrounded by the muscular head appendages. The dorsal (upper)...
- expression due to independent variants of Pax6 arising in both cephalopods and vertebrates. Cephalopods contain five variants of Pax6 in their genomes which independently...
- Cephalopod ink is a dark-coloured or luminous ink released into water by most species of cephalopod, usually as an escape mechanism. All cephalopods, with...
- gladius (pl.: gladii), or pen, is a hard internal bodypart found in many cephalopods of the superorder Decapodiformes (particularly squids) and in a single...
- portion of these attacks are questionable or unverifiable tabloid stories. Cephalopods are members of the class Cephalopoda, which includes all squid, octopuses...
- Cephalopod fins, sometimes known as wings, are paired flap-like locomotory appendages. They are found in ten-limbed cephalopods (including squid, bobtail...
- pair). The males of most cephalopods develop a specialised arm for sperm delivery, the hectocotylus. Anatomically, cephalopod limbs function using a crosshatch...
- Genus of cephalopods...