octopod

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octopod - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Octopod \Oc"to*pod\, n. [Gr. ? eight-footed; 'oktw` eight +
     poy`s, podo`s, foot: cf. F. octopode.] (Zool.)
     One of the Octocerata.
     [1913 Webster]

octopod - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  octopod
      n 1: a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell