octopod

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The eyes of the octopod are fixed upon the man--passionless and lugubrious eyes, but steadfast and fixed Another whip-lash shot out of the water in a shower of spray, and seized Dick by the left thigh.

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  1. noun Any of various cephalopod mollusks of the order Octopoda, such as an octopus, having eight tentacles.

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  • DG: This is one of them, another one of our favorites, because it's a little octopod. —  David Gallo on life in the deep oceans
  • It could be happening octopod fossils have scientists excited. —  Daily Kos
  • We're working on it now. octopod replied to comment from Rob Beschizza | October 24, 2009 9: 24 AM | Reply —  Boing Boing
  • The eyes of the octopod are fixed upon the man--passionless and lugubrious eyes, but steadfast and fixed Another whip-lash shot out of the water in a shower of spray, and seized Dick by the left thigh. —  The Blue Lagoon: a romance
  • The octopod has only been described once, in stone, by a Japanese artist. —  The Blue Lagoon: a romance
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  1. From New Latin Octōpoda, order name, from Greek oktōpoda, neuter pl. of oktōpous, octopus; see octopus.

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  1. from New Latin octopus, from Greek ὀκτώπους, also ὀκτάπους (-ποδ-), eight-footed, having eight feet, from ὀκτώ, = English eight,+ πούς (ποδ-) = English foot.
 

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