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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

.