oc·to·pus
octopus
- pronunciation:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
octopi, octopuses |
| definition 1: |
any of several related carnivorous sea animals with a soft, rounded body and eight long tentacles with two rows of suckers on each.
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| definition 2: |
something resembling this animal in having many branches or arms or in exercising strong and far-reaching influence.
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Octopus comes from
oktopous, an ancient Greek word that means "having eight feet"