noun
comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
• Syn: ↑Dibranchiata, ↑subclass Dibranchiata, ↑Dibranchia
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cephalopoda, ↑class Cephalopoda
• Member Meronyms: ↑Octopoda, ↑order Octopoda, ↑Decapoda, ↑order Decapoda, ↑Belemnoidea, ↑order Belemnoidea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.