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octopus
  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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  5. Examples:
    1. “At the aquarium, Wilson had been tasked with an important mission: designing interesting toys to keep the intelligent octopus occupied.”
      “Their diet includes squid, skates, ratfish, rockfish, and octopus, as well as pelagic fishes such as mackerel and sardines.”
      “Otters mostly feed on invertebrates such as urchins, squid, octopus, crabs, abalone and other mollusks.”
octopod
  1. Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
  2. Any cephalopod mollusks of the order Octopoda.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “For both decapod and octopod suckers, the maximum pressure differentials show a significant inverse correlation with sucker size.”
      “The octopod can develop a papillate skin that stiffens for a short period and mimics various structures as a camouflage within its surrounding.”
      “This is a scientific term derived by making an English plural from octopod, which is the bare stem of the Greek word, not its singular.”
octopine
  1. (chemistry) An analog of lactic acid, derived from the amino acids arginine and alanine, first isolated from the muscle tissue of octopus species.
octopussy
  1. (childish) An octopus.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Before For Your Eyes Only had been released, Albert Broccoli had asked John Glen to return and direct Octopussy.”
      Octopussy had its premiere on 6 June 1983, four months before the October release of Never Say Never Again.”
      “He had worked on every production since The Spy Who Loved Me, and had been executive producer on Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy.”
octopii
  1. (nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Misconstructed plural form of octopus.
octopussies
  1. plural of octopussy
octopi
  1. (hypercorrect) plural form of octopus
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  3. Examples:
    1. “These factors give octopi a great amount of defense from its three greatest predators, wolfeels, lingcods, and scuba divers.”
      “It was close enough to the little town beach for us to nurse a frappĂ© while watching the children search for unsuspecting octopi among the rocks.”
      “Although 9 species of octopi have been recorded from British Columbian waters, most are small or occupy offshore habitats.”
octopodes
  1. (rare) plural form of octopus
  2. Examples:
    1. Octopodes have the largest brains of any other invertebrate, they can learn by trial and error and remember what works.”
octopines
  1. plural of octopine
octopods
  1. plural of octopod
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Lewy demonstrated the similarity in breeding strategies between ammonoids and extant octopods.”
      “Multicuspidate radular teeth are most prominent in nude incirrate octopods of the bathypelagic Bolitaenidae.”
      “The major groups of drilling marine predators include octopods and gastropods.”
octopuses
  1. plural of octopus
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A guess is that octopod is a backformation from the neuter plural octopoda, the name of the order containing octopuses.”
      “Cephalopods, which includes octopuses and squid, have seriously weird brains.”
      “I don't think people want things like kumquats or small octopuses in their drinks.”
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