Definitions for octopusˈɒk tə pəs; -ˌpaɪ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
oc•to•pusˈɒk tə pəs; -ˌpaɪ(n.)(pl.)-pus•es, -pi
any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
Category: Invertebrates
something likened to an octopus, as an organization that exercises far-reaching control.
Origin of octopus:
1750–60; < NL < Gk oktṓpous (pl. oktṓpodes) eight-footed
Princeton's WordNet
octopus(noun)
tentacles of octopus prepared as food
octopus, devilfish(noun)
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
octopus(noun)ˈɒk tə pəs
a sea creature with eight long arms
Wiktionary
octopus(Noun)
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.
octopus(Noun)
The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
octopus(Noun)
An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
Origin: From ὀκτώπους, from ὀκτώ + πούς.
Translations for octopus
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
octopus(noun)
a type of sea-creature with eight tentacles.
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- con bạch tuộcVietnamese
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