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octopod

American  
[ok-tuh-pod] / ˈɒk təˌpɒd /

noun

  1. any eight-armed cephalopod mollusk of the order or suborder Octopoda, including the octopuses and paper nautiluses.

octopod British  
/ ˈɒktəˌpɒd /

noun

  1. any cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda, including octopuses and the paper nautilus, having eight tentacles, and lacking an internal shell

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adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Octopoda

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Etymology

Origin of octopod

1820–30; < New Latin Octopoda name of the order < Greek oktṓpoda neuter plural of oktṓpous eight-footed. See octo-, -pod

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