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noun
Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable
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noun
A mollusc from genus Octopus.
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Usage: countable
Qualifier: strictly
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noun
The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
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Usage: countable
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noun
An instance of a player scoring a touchdown immediately followed by a successful two-point conversion, resulting in a total score of eight points.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A safety device allowing divers to share an air supply in an emergency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: diving, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
To put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time.
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verb
To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.
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verb
To plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet.
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verb
To grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended.
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Usage: broadly
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verb
To hunt and catch octopuses.
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verb
To behave like an octopus.
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noun
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: devilfish
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Broader terms: octopod
noun
tentacles of octopus prepared as food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: seafood
History
From Latin octōpūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous), from ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Piecewise doublet of octopod and octopede.
Across languages
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