CEPHALOPODA Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word cephalopoda. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CEPHALOPODA
Expand? | Word | Save? | More Syns.. | Usage | Type | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cephalopod | nounn | |||||||
adjective • relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda noun • marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles | ||||||||
cuttlefish | nounn | |||||||
noun • ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell | ||||||||
nautilus | nounn | |||||||
noun • a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power • cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells • cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions | ||||||||
octopus | nounn | |||||||
noun • tentacles of octopus prepared as food • bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles | ||||||||
squid | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food • widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins | ||||||||
class cephalopoda | nounn | |||||||
noun • octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus |