Definitions
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
Word origin
From Latin octōpūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous), from ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Piecewise doublet of octopod and octopede.
Used in a sentence
“Even octopuses without stylets almost certainly retain the molecular machinery necessary to build them.”
“He rises up on his wasted legs, the healer's hands octopussed on his head.”
“A skinny, sauced-looking gent in shorts and baseball cap wandered in through the door, his arms octopussing no less than three pre-teen girls.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Eight-armed sea creature”7 letters
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