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noun (plural -puses or octopi) Etymology: New Latin Octopod-, Octopus, from Greek oktopous Date: 1758 1. any of a genus (Octopus) of cephalopod mollusks that have eight muscular arms equipped with two rows of suckers; broadly any octopod excepting the paper nautilus 2. something that resembles an ~ especially in having many centrally directed branches ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -es) 1 any cephalopod mollusc of the genus Octopus having eight suckered arms, a soft saclike body, and strong beaklike jaws. 2 an organized and usu. harmful ramified power or influence. Etymology: Gk oktopous: see OCTOPOD ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1758 as genus name, from Gk. oktopous "eight-footed," from okto "eight" + pous "foot." Proper plural is octopodes, though octopuses probably works better in English. Octopi is from mistaken assumption that -us is the L. noun ending that takes -i in plural. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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