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octopus
(encz) | octopus,chobotnice n: [bio.] |
Octopus
(gcide) | Octopus \Oc"to*pus\, n. [NL. See Octopod.]
1. (Zool.) A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including
numerous species, some of them of large size. See
Devilfish.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any member of the genus Octopus.
[PJC]
3. (Fig.) Something resembling an octopus in having numerous
controlling arms or branches that reach widely and
influence many activities; -- used mostly of
organizations, such as diversified corporations.
[PJC] |
octopus
(wn) | octopus
n 1: tentacles of octopus prepared as food
2: bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight
long tentacles [syn: octopus, devilfish] |
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octopus
(encz) | octopus,chobotnice n: [bio.] |
octopuses
(encz) | octopuses,chobotnice n: pl. [bio.] Jaroslav Šedivý |
genus octopus
(wn) | genus Octopus
n 1: type genus of the family Octopodidae |
octopus
(wn) | octopus
n 1: tentacles of octopus prepared as food
2: bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight
long tentacles [syn: octopus, devilfish] |
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