cephalopodic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling a cephalopod

   The embryo displayed its cephalopodic form before all of its organs were complete.

From cephalopod plus -ic. Cephalopod combines Greek kephale ("head") and pous, podos ("foot"), referring to the arms or tentacles grouped around the head of squids, octopuses, and their relatives.

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