octopus
noun
any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
octopi
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pluralof octopus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It helps form insect exoskeletons, fungal cell walls, fish scales, and structures such as the beaks of squids and octopi.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Jewish people were sometimes depicted as octopi in Nazi posters during World War Two.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
“Some people were turned off by the violence or the octopi scene and felt ‘Oldboy’ was too much of a genre film for competition,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Red Wings faithful throw live and dead octopi on the ice to salute three-goal games, and Nashville Predators fans toss catfish.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
Trucks carry off skeletons and meteorites and octopi in jars and herbarium sheets and Egyptian gold and South African ivory and Permian fossils.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
