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Noun: octopus (octopuses,octopi)  ók-tu-pus
  1. Tentacles of octopus prepared as food
     
  2. Bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
    - devilfish

Derived forms: octopi, octopuses

Type of: octopod, seafood

Part of: genus Octopus

Encyclopedia: Octopus

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