Octocerata

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Octocerata \Oc`to*cer"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'oktw` eight +
     ?, a horn.] (Zool.)
     A suborder of Cephalopoda including {Octopus}, {Argonauta},
     and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; --
     called also {Octopoda}.
     [1913 Webster]