octopus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tentacles of octopus prepared as food
  2. noun bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
    devilfish.

WordNet

Oc"to*pus noun
Etymology
NL. See Octopod.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,

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