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cephalopod
English
Etymology
From French céphalopode, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kephal?, “head”) + ????? (podós), genitive singular of ???? (poús, “foot, leg”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?falap?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?falap?d/
- Hyphenation: ceph?a?lo?pod
Noun
cephalopod (plural cephalopods)
- Any mollusc, of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.
Related terms
- cephalopodal
Translations
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counterillumination
English
Etymology
counter- +? illumination
Noun
counterillumination (uncountable)
- (biology) A behaviour, found in some cephalopods etc., in which bioluminescence is used to provide camouflage when viewed from below.
counterillumination From the web:
- what is counter illumination in biology
- what is counter illumination
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