oc·to·pus
 octopus
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- pronunciation:
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noun |
| inflections: |
octopi, octopuses |
| definition: |
a sea animal with a soft, rounded body and eight long tentacles. Octopuses are carnivores that eat crabs, lobsters, and other small sea animals. They are mollusks and are closely related to squids.
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Octopus comes from
oktopous, an ancient Greek word that means "having eight feet"
The word octopus
contains the following part:
oct, octo, octa
Greek
root
that means
eight
Example words: