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Cephalopods

Definition:

Cephalopods (meaning "head foot") are mollusks with tentacles and a large head.

These soft-bodied invertebrates include animals like squid, octopuses and cuttlefish.

They are fast-moving carnivores that catch prey with their tentacles and poison it with a bite from beak-like jaws.

They move by squirting water through a siphon, a type of jet propulsion.

Many also squirt ink to help escape predators.

Source: Shark Glossary 

More:
The octopus is an example of cephalopod Octopus

Source: Pythagorion Nasjonaldrikken Ouzo 

Related words:

Mollusk - Squid

Translation(s):

Deutsch: Kopffüßer
Español: Cefalópodo
Français: Céphalopodes
Nederlands: Cephalopoda

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