cephalopod

English

Etymology

From French céphalopode, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + ποδός (podós), genitive singular of πούς (poús, “foot, leg”). By surface analysis, cephalo- +‎ -pod.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕf′ə-lə-pŏd″
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛfələˌpɒd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛfələpɑd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛfələpɒd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛf ə ləˌpɒd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ceph‧a‧lo‧pod

Noun

cephalopod (plural cephalopods)

1. Any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.

   Hypernyms: mollusc, mollusk < invertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   Coordinate term: gastropod

   • 2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 March 2023:

     In terms of diversity, cephalopods include the egg case making argonauts, shelled nautiluses, venomous blue-ringed octopuses and enigmatic giants like the giant and colossal squid. […] Generally, cephalopod ink includes melanin, enzymes related to melanin production, catecholamines, peptidoglycans, free amino acids and metals (Derby 2014) .

Derived terms

• cephalopodic

Related terms

• cephalopodal

Translations

mollusc

• Albanian: cefalopodë (sq) f
• Arabic: رَأْسِيّ الْقَدَم m (raʔsiyy al-qadam), رُأْسَقَدَمِيّ m (ruʔsaqadamiyy)
• Armenian: գլխոտանի (hy) (glxotani)
• Azerbaijani: başıayaqlı
• Belarusian: галавано́гі m (halavanóhi)
• Bulgarian: главоно́го n (glavonógo), главоно́г m (glavonóg)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頭足綱 / 头足纲 (zh) (tóuzúgāng)

• Czech: hlavonožec (cs) m
• Danish: blæksprutte c
• Dutch: koppotige (nl) m, inktvis (nl) m
• Esperanto: kapopiedulo, cefalopodo
• Estonian: peajalgne
• Finnish: pääjalkainen (fi)
• French: céphalopode (fr) m
• Galician: cefalópodo (gl) m
• Georgian: თავფეხიანი (tavpexiani)
• German: Kopffüßer (de) m, Zephalopode f
• Greek: κεφαλόποδο (el) n (kefalópodo)
• Hebrew: סִילוֹנִית (he) f (silonít), ראש־רגלאי m
• Hindi: शीर्षपाद m (śīrṣapād)
• Hungarian: fejlábú (hu)
• Irish: ceifileapód m
• Italian: cefalopode (it) m
• Japanese: 頭足類 (ja) (とうそくるい, tōsokurui)
• Kazakh: басаяқты (basaäqty)
• Korean: 두족류(頭足類) (dujongnyu)
• Kyrgyz: башпут (başput)
• Latin: cephalopūs m
• Latvian: galvkājis m
• Lithuanian: galvakojis m
• Macedonian: главоног m (glavonog)
• Navajo: łóóʼ bigaan dahólónígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blekksprut m

• Persian: سرپایان (fa) (sarpâyân)
• Polish: głowonóg (pl) m
• Portuguese: cefalópode (pt) m
• Romanian: cefalopod (ro) n
• Russian: головоно́гий (ru) (golovonógij), головоно́гое n (golovonógoje)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: главо̀ножац m, главо̀ношац m

  Latin: glavònožac m, glavònošac m

• Slovak: hlavonožec (sk) m
• Slovene: glavonožec (sl) m
• Spanish: cefalópodo (es) m
• Swedish: bläckfisk (sv) c
• Tajik: шикампо (šikampo)
• Turkish: kafadanbacaklı
• Ukrainian: головоно́гий m (holovonóhyj)
• Uyghur: باش ئاياغلىق (bash ayaghliq)
• Uzbek: bosh-oyoqli