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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ok-tuh-puh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒk tə pəs

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Définition of octopus

Origin :
  • 1758, genus name of a type of eight-armed cephalopod mollusks, from Greek oktopous, literally "eight-footed," from okto "eight" (see eight) + pous "foot" (see foot (n.)). Proper plural is octopodes, though octopuses probably works better in English. Octopi is from mistaken assumption that -us in this word is the Latin noun ending that takes -i in plural.
  • As in corporation : noun business organization, usually large
Example sentences :
  • It was only at the hotel with Pre Batifoul that I learnt about the octopus.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Not until she was elbow deep in suds did she recall her dreams about the octopus.
  • Extract from : « Weak on Square Roots » by Russell Burton
  • The squid is a very small edition of the giant devilfish or octopus.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams
  • No octopus, no matter what proportions, filled the description.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • And so far, getting along with Russia was like trying to get along with an octopus.
  • Extract from : « Slingshot » by Irving W. Lande
  • I have in mind especially the influence of the octopus and the cow.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
  • Thus there can be no doubt of the identification of this American Aphrodite and the octopus.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
  • The weapon seemed to be a conventionalization of the octopus.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
  • A little devil in the shape of an octopus was in Tene-napa's brain.
  • Extract from : « The Ebbing Of The Tide » by Louis Becke
  • Undoubtedly an octopus,” said Mr Temple; “that is its habit.
  • Extract from : « Menhardoc » by George Manville Fenn

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