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Octocerata
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Octocerata, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'oktw` eight + , a horn.].
A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus , Argonauta , and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda . [1913 Webster]
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