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cephalopod

ceph.a.lo.pod \'sef-*-l*-.pa:d\ \.sef-*-'la:p-*d-*n\ n [deriv. of cephal- + 
   Gk pod-, pous foot - more at FOOTM : any of a class (Cephalopoda) of 
   mollusks including the squids, cuttlefis hes, and octopuses, having a 
   tubular siphon under the head, around the front of the head a group of 
   muscular arms usu. furnished with suckers, highly developed eyes, and usu. 
   a bag of inky fluid which they can eject from their siphons - cephalopod aj