Home › Words › C › coleoidcoleoidcoleoid means A cephalopod of the subclass Coleoidea, including octopuses, squid and cuttlefish.EtymologyFrom scientific Latin Coleoidea (subclass name).nounA cephalopod of the subclass Coleoidea, including octopuses, squid and cuttlefish.e.g.“A scabbard covers a sword, and the bodies of coleoids cover their shells (or lack thereof).” — 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 12:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.coeloid 92% match — A member of the Coleoidea subclass which includes octopuses and squid. vs coleoid →cephalopod 72% match — Any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc. vs coleoid →coleiid 66% match — Any extinct crustacean in the family Coleiidae. vs coleoid →octopodiform 64% match — A cephalopod of the superorder Octopodiformes, comprising octopuses and vampire squid. vs coleoid →coelopid 64% match — Any member of the Coelopidae. vs coleoid →sepioid 64% match — A member of a clade of cephalopods including the cuttlefish and related species, typically held to include bottletail squid, bobtail squid and pygmy squid. vs coleoid →aulacocerid 64% match — Any extinct coleoid cephalopod of the order Aulacocerida vs coleoid →coleopteroid 63% match — Shaped like a beetle. vs coleoid →