octopus

  • 1Octopus — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Octopus (homonymie) …

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  • 2Octopus — bimaculoides …

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  • 3Octopus — oder Oktopus bezeichnet: Octopus (Gattung), eine Gattung aus der Ordnung der Kraken speziell die Krakenart Gewöhnlicher Krake Octopus (Telefonanlage), eine Familie mittlerer und großer TK Anlagen der Deutschen Telekom Octopus (Yacht), die Mega… …

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  • 4Octopus — Oc to*pus, n. [NL. See {Octopod}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of eight armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See {Devilfish}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any member of the genus {Octopus}. [PJC] 3. (Fig.)… …

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  • 5octopus — ► NOUN (pl. octopuses) ▪ a mollusc with eight sucker bearing arms, a soft body, beak like jaws, and no internal shell. DERIVATIVES octopoid adjective. USAGE The standard plural in English of octopus is octopuses. However, since the word comes… …

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  • 6octopus — [äk′tə pəs, äk′təpoos] n. pl. octopuses, octopi [äk′təpī΄] octopodes [äk täp′ə dēz΄] [ModL < Gr oktōpous, eight footed < oktō,EIGHT + pous (gen. podos), FOOT] 1. any of various octopods (order Octopoda) having a soft, saclike body, a… …

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  • 7Octŏpus — (Polyp), Gattung der achtfüßigen Kopffüßler, mit kugeligem Leibe ohne Schale u. acht gleichartigen Armen, mit zwei Reihen Saugnäpfchen; große sepienartige Thiere des Meeres, welche sich von allerlei Seethieren nähren; Art: Gemeiner Polyp (O.… …

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  • 8Octŏpus — (»Achtfuß«) s. Tintenschnecken …

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  • 9octopus — (n.) 1758, genus name of a type of eight armed cephalopod mollusks, from Gk. oktopous, lit. eight footed, from okto eight (see EIGHT (Cf. eight)) + pous foot (see FOOT (Cf. foot) (n.)). Proper plural is octopodes, though octopuses probably works… …

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  • 10octopus — has the plural form octopuses. The pseudo Latin form octopi, except when used jocularly, is misconceived, since the Greek stem is octopod (giving the rightly rejected form octopodes in English) …

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