octopod
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octopod
- /ˈɑktoʊpɑd/ US
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From octo- + -pod, after taxonomic name Octopoda. Piecewise doublet of octopede and octopus.
noun octopods · octopode · octoped · octopede
- Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
- Any cephalopod molluscs of the order Octopoda.
- A railway locomotive with eight wheels. … Virginia saw the big octopod engine clamoring up the grade, …
adjective octopode · octoped · octopede
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Having eight feet or foot-like parts.
The Arachnidans (Arachnida, Spiders, Scorpions, &c.), are octopod and apterous; […]
Similar: octopodal, octopodian, octopodous
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Of or relating to the order Octopoda of cephalopod molluscs; octopoid.
The octopod genus Amphitretus has thus far been known only through a single specimen collected by the “Challenger” and described by [William Evans] Hoyle.
Similar: octopodan
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title = {octopod},
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