Definition of Octopod

1. Noun. A cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell.

Generic synonyms: Cephalopod, Cephalopod Mollusk
Group relationships: Octopoda, Order Octopoda
Specialized synonyms: Devilfish, Octopus, Argonaut, Argonauta Argo, Nautilus, Paper Nautilus

Definition of Octopod

1. n. One of the Octocerata.

Definition of Octopod

1. Noun. Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts. ¹

2. Noun. Any cephalopod mollusks of the order Octopoda. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Octopod

1. any of an order of eight-armed mollusks [n -S]

Medical Definition of Octopod

1. One of the Octocerata. Origin: Gr. Eight-footed; eight +, foot: cf.F. Octopode. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Octopod

octonion
octonionic
octonionics
octonions
octonocular
octopamine
octopede
octopedes
octopetalous
octophobia
octopi
octopine oxidase
octopine permease
octoploid
octoploids
octopod (current term)
octopoda
octopodan
octopodans
octopodes
octopodia
octopods
octopoid
octopole
octopoles
octopus
octopuses
octopush
octopuslike
octopussies

Literary usage of Octopod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Equilibration of Human Aptitudes and Powers of Adaptation by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1895)
"The octopod—Question of Comparative Longevities— What Chances does Society Offer Those about to Choose their Trade or Profession ? ..."

2. Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals by Richard Owen (1855)
"Müller §, Rüppell, and others were not slow in demonstrating that this, or a similarly modified octopod, was really the male of the Argonauta. ..."

3. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1837)
"of the case advocated by M. Rang, deduced from the certain and incontestable fact of the position of the octopod with long palmated arms in the shell of the ..."

4. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"recent and eminent as Dumeril and De Blainville, whether the octopod really secreted the shell, or whether, like the hermit-crab, it borrowed for its ..."

5. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1883)
"the octopod really secreted the shell, or whether, like the hermit-crab, it borrowed for its protection the shell of some other mollusk. ..."

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