octopoda

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octopoda - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Octocerata \Oc`to*cer"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'oktw` eight +
     ?, a horn.] (Zool.)
     A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta,
     and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; --
     called also Octopoda.
     [1913 Webster]

  Octopoda \Oc*top"o*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
     (a) Same as Octocerata.
     (b) Same as Arachnida.
         [1913 Webster]

octopoda - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Octopoda
      n 1: octopuses and paper nautilus [syn: Octopoda, order Octopoda
           ]