OCTOPODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Octopoda mean? 

• OCTOPODA (noun)
  The noun OCTOPODA has 1 sense:

1. octopuses and paper nautilus

  Familiarity information: OCTOPODA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCTOPODA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Octopuses and paper nautilus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Octopoda; order Octopoda

Hypernyms ("Octopoda" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Octopoda"):

octopod (a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell)

family Octopodidae; Octopodidae (a family of Octopoda)

Argonautidae; family Argonautidae (represented solely by the genus Argonauta)

Holonyms ("Octopoda" is a member of...):

Dibranchia; Dibranchiata; subclass Dibranchia; subclass Dibranchiata (comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish))