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1. (n.) octopus
any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
2. octopus
something likened to an octopus, as an organization that exercises far-reaching control.
Etymology: (1750–60; < NL < Gk oktṒpous (pl. oktṒpodes) eight-footed)
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1. (noun) octopus
tentacles of octopus prepared as food
2. (noun) octopus, devilfish
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
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1. (noun) octopus
a sea creature with eight long arms
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Sense: a type of sea-creature with eight tentacles.
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 Afrikaans: seekat |
 Arabic: أُخْطُبوط |
 Bulgarian: октопод |
 Brazilian: polvo |
 Czech: chobotnice |
 German: der Krake |
 Danish: blæksprutte |
 Greek: χταπόδι |
 Spanish: pulpo |
 Estonian: kaheksajalg |
 Farsi: اختاپوس |
 Finnish: mustekala |
 French: pieuvre |
 Hebrew: תָּמנוּן |
 Hindi: समुद्री जीव |
 Croatian: hobotnica |
 Hungarian: polip |
 Indonesian: gurita |
 Icelandic: kolkrabbi |
 Italian: polpo; piovra |
 Japanese: たこ |
 Korean: 문어 |
 Lithuanian: aštuonkojis |
 Latvian: astoņkājis |
 Malay: sotong kurita |
 Dutch: octopus |
 Norwegian: blekksprut |
 Polish: ośmiornica |
 Persian: اختاپوس |
 Pashto: اختاپوت |
 Portuguese: polvo |
 Romanian: caracatiţă |
 Russian: осьминог |
 Slovak: chobotnica |
 Slovenian: hobotnica |
 Serbian: hobotnica |
 Swedish: bläckfisk |
 Thai: ปลาหมึกยักษ์ |
 Turkish: ahtapot |
 Taiwanese: 章魚 |
 Ukrainian: восьминіг, спрут |
 Urdu: آٹھ بازؤوں والا ايک سمند |
 Vietnamese: con bạch tuộc |
 Chinese: 章鱼 |
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