cephalopod
cephalopod — 名詞
- cephalopodsingular
- cephalopodsplural
1. a sea animal that has a soft body, a large head, and several long body parts cal
頭足類動物
海洋軟體動物，有觸手與發達頭部
a sea animal that has a soft body, a large head, and several long body parts called arms or tentacles which it uses for catching food and moving — octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish are all cephalopods
The marine biology teacher showed the class a preserved cephalopod with eight long arms.
海洋生物老師向全班展示一隻保存良好的頭足類動物，有八條長長的觸手。
countable noun: a preserved cephalopod
Nikhil ordered grilled octopus at a seafood restaurant and learned it was a cephalopod.
Nikhil 在海鮮餐廳點了烤章魚，才得知章魚是一種頭足類動物。
cephalopod as a food source
Daichi read that the giant squid is the largest cephalopod ever found in the deep ocean.
Daichi 讀到，大王烏賊是深海發現過最大的頭足類動物。
Salma watched a cuttlefish change colour at the aquarium — a common cephalopod skill.
Salma 在水族館看到烏賊變色——這是頭足類動物常見的本領。
Tariro compared a cephalopod's nervous system with that of a garden snail.
Tariro 比較了頭足類動物和一般花園蝸牛的神經系統。
- mollusk
broader category — all cephalopods are mollusks, but most mollusks (snails, clams) are not cephalopods
- invertebrate
even broader category — all cephalopods lack a backbone, but the term includes insects, worms, and many other animals
文法句型
countable: a/an + cephalopod
plural: cephalopods
noun modifier: cephalopod species / cephalopod brain
用法筆記
Used mainly in scientific or formal writing; in everyday conversation, speakers use the specific animal name (octopus, squid, cuttlefish) instead of the general term.