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What is an octopus?

What is an octopus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of several marine molluscs/mollusks, of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid or cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
  2. (uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
  3. An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
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The male blanket octopus recently photographed by researchers was shown to clutch tentacle segments in his suckers, said Tregenza.
What are the implications of the physical properties of water for suction attachment in octopus suckers?
Otters mostly feed on invertebrates such as urchins, squid, octopus, crabs, abalone and other mollusks.
Stuffed octopus, squid, and cuttlefish are served with a tomato sauce, while a roulade of beef known as bragoli is served with gravy.
That is, a simple alga like Volvox and a complex metazoan like an octopus both occupy the same sublevel.
When hunting and grabbing dinner, the octopus uses all the flexibility the arm is capable of.

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