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cephalopod

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈsɛfələpɑd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛfələpɒd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 F AH0 L AH0 P AA2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mollusc, mollusk, invertebrate, animal, organism, creature

2

adjective

Meaning 2

relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cephalopodan

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cephalopod mollusk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mollusk, mollusc, shellfish

Narrower terms: chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus, nautilus, dibranchiate, dibranchiate mollusk, dibranch, octopod, decapod

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: cefalopodë — mollusc
  • Arabic: رَأْسِيّ الْقَدَم (raʔsiyy al-qadam) — mollusc
  • Arabic: رُأْسَقَدَمِيّ (ruʔsaqadamiyy) — mollusc
  • Armenian: գլխոտանի (glxotani) — mollusc
  • Azerbaijani: başıayaqlı — mollusc
  • Belarusian: галавано́гі (halavanóhi) — mollusc
  • Bulgarian: главоно́го (glavonógo) — mollusc
  • Bulgarian: главоно́г (glavonóg) — mollusc
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頭足綱 /头足纲 (tóuzúgāng) — mollusc
  • Czech: hlavonožec — mollusc
  • Danish: blæksprutte — mollusc
  • Dutch: koppotige — mollusc
  • Dutch: inktvis — mollusc
  • Esperanto: kapopiedulo — mollusc
  • Esperanto: cefalopodo — mollusc
  • Estonian: peajalgne — mollusc
  • Finnish: pääjalkainen — mollusc
  • French: céphalopode — mollusc
  • Galician: cefalópodo — mollusc
  • Georgian: თავფეხიანი (tavpexiani) — mollusc
  • German: Kopffüßer — mollusc
  • German: Zephalopode — mollusc
  • Greek: κεφαλόποδο (kefalópodo) — mollusc
  • Hebrew: סִילוֹנִית (silonít) — mollusc
  • Hebrew: ראש־רגלאי — mollusc
  • Hindi: शीर्षपाद (śīrṣapād) — mollusc
  • Hungarian: fejlábú — mollusc
  • Irish: ceifileapód — mollusc
  • Italian: cefalopode — mollusc
  • Japanese: 頭足類 (tōsokurui) — mollusc
  • Kazakh: басаяқты (basaäqty) — mollusc
  • Korean: 두족류 (dujongnyu) — mollusc
  • Kyrgyz: башпут (başput) — mollusc
  • Latin: cephalopūs — mollusc
  • Latvian: galvkājis — mollusc
  • Lithuanian: galvakojis — mollusc
  • Macedonian: главоног (glavonog) — mollusc
  • Navajo: łóóʼ bigaan dahólónígíí — mollusc
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blekksprut — mollusc
  • Persian: سرپایان (sarpâyân) — mollusc
  • Polish: głowonóg — mollusc
  • Portuguese: cefalópode — mollusc
  • Romanian: cefalopod — mollusc
  • Russian: головоно́гий (golovonógij) — mollusc
  • Russian: головоно́гое (golovonógoje) — mollusc
  • Serbo-Croatian: главо̀ножац — mollusc
  • Serbo-Croatian: главо̀ношац — mollusc
  • Serbo-Croatian: glavònožac — mollusc
  • Serbo-Croatian: glavònošac — mollusc
  • Slovak: hlavonožec — mollusc
  • Slovene: glavonožec — mollusc
  • Spanish: cefalópodo — mollusc
  • Swedish: bläckfisk — mollusc
  • Tajik: шикампо (šikampo) — mollusc
  • Turkish: kafadanbacaklı — mollusc
  • Ukrainian: головоно́гий (holovonóhyj) — mollusc
  • Uyghur: باش ئاياغلىق (bash ayaghliq) — mollusc
  • Uzbek: bosh-oyoqli — mollusc