bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles.
A cephalopod mollusk of the genus Nautilus, especially ilius, found in the Indian and Pacific oceans and having a spiral, pearly - lined shell with a series of air - filled chambers.
Vampyroteuthis, or vampire squid, is a cephalopod that lives in the oxygen-minimum zone of Monterey Bay, Calif. , at depths of 600 to 900 meters.
The new cephalopod, also named Paul in honor of his world-famous predecessor who passed away last week, was lowered gently into his tank in a ceremony carried live on national television.
Of, relating to, or being a cephalopod of the order Tetrabranchiata, characterized by two pairs of gills and including the chambered nautilus and many fossil species.
To create their artificial cephalopod they started with the animal's literal and metaphorical killer app: its flexible, pliable arms.
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