octopus
[ ok-tuh-puhs ]
/ ˈɒk tə pəs /
noun, plural oc·to·pus·es, oc·to·pi [ok-tuh-pahy]. /ˈɒk təˌpaɪ/.
any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
something likened to an octopus, as an organization with many forms of far-reaching influence or control.
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octopus
/ (ˈɒktəpəs) /
noun plural -puses
any cephalopod mollusc of the genera Octopus, Eledone, etc, having a soft oval body with eight long suckered tentacles and occurring at the sea bottom: order Octopoda (octopods)
a powerful influential organization with far-reaching effects, esp harmful ones
another name for spider (def. 8)
Word Origin for octopus
C18: via New Latin from Greek oktōpous having eight feet
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