Cēph'a-lo-pŏd or Cĕ-phăl'o-pŏd, n.

noun

[Fr. céphalopode, from Gr. κεφαλή, head, and πούς, ποδός, foot.] (Zoöl.) An animal of the sub-kingdom Mollusca, characterized by a distinct head, surrounded by a circle of long arms or tentacles, which they use for crawling and for seizing objects. See MOLLUSK.

An illustration of a coiled, ribbed cephalopod shell. — Cephalopod.