cephalopod

名词 n.
/ˈsɛfələpɒd/    /ˈsɛfələpɑd/

英文释义

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

词形变化

cephalopods plural

词源

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