cephalopod

English

Etymology

From French céphalopode, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + ποδός (podós), genitive singular of πούς (poús, “foot, leg”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛfələpɑd/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛfələpɒd/
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

mollusc

Albanian: cefalopodë (sq) f
Arabic: رَأْسِيّ الْقَدَم m (raʔsiyy al-qadam), رُأْسَقَدَمِيّ m (ruʔsaqadamiyy)
Armenian: գլխոտանի (hy) (glxotani)
Azerbaijani: başıayaqlı
Belarusian: галавано́гі m (halavanóhi)
Bulgarian: главоно́го n (glavonógo), главоно́г m (glavonóg)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 頭足綱／头足纲 (zh) (tóuzúgāng)
Czech: hlavonožec (cs) m
Danish: blæksprutte c
Dutch: koppotige (nl) m, inktvis (nl) m
Esperanto: kapopiedulo, cefalopodo
Estonian: peajalgne
Finnish: pääjalkainen (fi)
French: céphalopode (fr) m
Galician: cefalópodo (gl) m
Georgian: თავფეხიანი (tavpexiani)
German: Kopffüßer (de) m, Zephalopode f
Greek: κεφαλόποδο n (kefalópodo)
Hindi: शीर्षपाद m (śīrṣapād)
Hungarian: fejlábú (hu)
Irish: ceifileapód m
Italian: cefalopode (it) m
Japanese: 頭足類 (ja) (とうそくるい, tōsokurui)
Kazakh: басаяқты (basaäqty)
Korean: 두족류(頭足類) (dujongnyu)
Kyrgyz: башпут (başput)
Latvian: galvkājis m
Lithuanian: galvakojis m
Macedonian: главоног m (glavonog)
Navajo: łóóʼ bigaan dahólónígíí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blekksprut m
Persian: سرپایان (fa) (sarpâyân)
Polish: głowonóg (pl) m
Portuguese: cefalópode (pt) m
Romanian: cefalopod (ro) m
Russian: головоно́гий (ru) (golovonógij), головоно́гое n (golovonógoje)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: главо̀ножац m, главо̀ношац m

Roman: glavònožac m, glavònošac m
Slovak: hlavonožec (sk) m
Slovene: glavonožec (sl) m
Spanish: cefalópodo (es) m
Swedish: bläckfisk (sv) c
Tajik: шикампо (šikampo)
Turkish: kafadanbacaklı
Ukrainian: головоно́гий m (holovonóhyj)
Uyghur: باش ئاياغلىق (bash ayaghliq)
Uzbek: bosh-oyoqli

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