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]