Kopffüßler

Definitions of Kopffüßler
  1. noun
    marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles
    synonyms: Tintenfisch, Tintenschnecke
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    Nautilus, Schiffsboot
    cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
    Achtfüßer
    a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell
    Zehnfüßer
    cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
    Krake, Octopus
    bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
    Kalmar
    widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
    type of:
    Molluske, Weichtier
    invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
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