Octopus Definition
ŏktə-pəs
octopi, octopodes, octopuses
noun
octopuses
Any of various octopods (order Octopoda) having a soft, saclike body, a reduced coelom, an internal vestigial shell, and eight sucker-bearing arms around the mouth.
Webster's New World
Anything suggesting an octopus; esp., an organization with branches that reach out in a powerful and influential manner.
Webster's New World
(uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
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octopusesOrigin of Octopus
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New Latin Octōpūs genus name from Greek oktōpous eight-footed oktō eight oktō(u) in Indo-European roots pous foot ped- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktōpous), from ὀκτώ (oktō, “eight") + πούς (pous, “foot").
From Wiktionary
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From Latin octopÅ«s, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώποδες (oktōpodes, “eight feet").
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