English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “cephalopod”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for cephalopod is cephalo-pod, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
cephalo-pod
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result ceph-alo-pod The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordcephalopod
Hyphenationcephalo-pod
Break points1
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˈsɛfələˌpɑd/
Meaning & usage

What does “cephalopod” mean?

cephalopod: An active predatory mollusk of the large class Cephalopoda, such as an octopus or squid.

Headwordcephalopod
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˈsɛfələˌpɑd/
1
noun

An active predatory mollusk of the large class Cephalopoda, such as an octopus or squid.

Example: “The invasion was not limited to brachiopods but also included bryozoans, cephalopods, corals, bivalves, gastropods, trilobites, and crinoids.”

Word breaks

How “cephalopod” is split

cephalo·pod

For US English, the hyphenation result is cephalo-pod. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns ceph-alo-pod.

Quick answers

Questions about “cephalopod”

How do you hyphenate “cephalopod”?

In the US-English result used here, cephalopod is hyphenated as cephalo-pod.

Where can “cephalopod” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “cephalopod” mean?

An active predatory mollusk of the large class Cephalopoda, such as an octopus or squid.

Can you use “cephalopod” in a sentence?

“The invasion was not limited to brachiopods but also included bryozoans, cephalopods, corals, bivalves, gastropods, trilobites, and crinoids.”

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