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What is a cephalopod?

OES ANY MAJOR GROUP OF ANIMALS include members as strikingly different as molluscs? Think of a cockle and an octopus. The former spends its life within a shell buried in sand, where it filters microscopic food, surfacing only to cast its eggs or sperm into

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