octopuses
- plural of octopus.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the most impressive discoveries are animal “cities,” including two assemblies of octopuses, dubbed Octopolis and Octlantis, found off the east coast of Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
"Our work suggests that octopuses might also have internal maps, an internal representation of space."
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Although the octopuses did not always choose the shortest path, they became faster at reaching the correct location as the trials progressed.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
"These are little octopuses that live in the deep sea, and hardly anybody on Earth has ever gotten to see them. I just feel lucky that I got to work with them," says Voight.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
If a thousand giant octopuses had squirted ink at the same time, at the bottom of the deepest, most sunless ocean trench, it could not have been blacker.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
