octopus
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tə noun, plural oc·to·pus·es, oc·to·pi [-pahy] .
[-pahy] . 1.
any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
2.
something likened to an octopus, as an organization with many forms of far-reaching influence or control.
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| —n , pl -puses | |
| 1. | any cephalopod mollusc of the genera Octopus, Eledone, etc, having a soft oval body with eight long suckered tentacles and occurring at the sea bottom: order Octopoda (octopods) |
| 2. | a powerful influential organization with far-reaching effects, esp harmful ones |
| 3. | another name for spider |
| [C18: via New Latin from Greek oktōpous having eight feet] | |
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Word Origin & History
octopus
1758, genus name of a type of eight-armed cephalopod mollusks, from Gk. oktopous "eight-footed," from okto "eight" (see eight) + pous "foot." Proper plural is octopodes, though octopuses probably works better in English. Octopi is from mistaken assumption that -us is the L.
noun ending that takes -i in plural.
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It might want you to think otherwise, but this rare sea creature is actually an octopus.
The technology for doing this is demonstrated daily by members of the octopus and cuttlefish families.
And a mimicking octopus not only changes colors but can emulate anything from rocks to snakes.
The octopus takes a couple of hours to cook, but the process is fun to watch, and the results are splendid.
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