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Webster 1913 Edition


Octocerata


Ocˊto-cer′a-ta

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ὀκτώ
eight + [GREEK], a horn.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of
Cephalopoda
including
Octopus
,
Argonauta
, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; – called also
Octopoda
.