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A cephalopod

is any member of the molluscan

phylum Cephalopoda

(Greek plural Κεφαλόποδα

(kephalópoda);

"head-feet").

These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a set of arms or tentacles (muscular hydrostats)

modified from the primitive molluscan

foot. Fishermen sometimes call them inkfish,

referring to their common ability to squirt ink. The study of cephalopods

is a branch of malacology

known

as teuthology

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