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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. rare Plural form of octopus.
Examples
“Fowler is not alone in rejecting octopi; some linguists do so on the grounds that octopus was not originally a Latin word but a Greek one – hence the pedantic plural octopodes, which is rarely if ever seen outside dictionaries, usage guides, and blog posts such as the one you are reading.”
“In time, though, the emptiness should become rich profusion: Lobsters and octopodes will move into shadowy nooks, cleaning shrimp will set up work stations where sailors once did, extending an invitation of sorts to hungry garden eels and the eagle rays that eat the eels.”
“Stamper explains that throughout history, the word "octopus" has been pluralized as octopuses, octopi, and the more unusual octopodes.”
“Perhaps, but octopi has been used by many reputable publications and raises fewer eyebrows than octopodes.”
“In this book, Jacques asserts that though his divers have played with octopuses (very well: octopodes) hundreds of times, they have never once been bitten - and have never even heard of such an incident.”
“Here's how to make hot dogs into octopi aka octopuses aka octopodes.”
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“Note: In order to thwart a bunch of emails, I'd like to point out that octopuses, octopi, and octopodes are all acceptable ways to pluralize octopus.”
“Note: In order to thwart a bunch of emails, I'd like to point out that octopuses, octopi, and octopodes are all acceptable ways to pluralize octopus.”
“If you want to be pedantic, the correct term is octopodes as the word octopus comes from Greek.”
“After I took a plate of a pair of seasoned baby octopus (each served on a gunkan bed), the chef immediately replaced the vacated boat with a new serving - and I noticed just how much bigger those new octopodes are when compared to the puny ones I got,”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘octopodes’.
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strange plurals
words with unusual plurals - singular form being the plural form, obsolete formations without 's', etc.
shoon, crocket, crotchet, quare, aëtheogamous, binoculars, antelope, luggage, police, furniture, aircraft, macaroni and 32 more...
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Podes et cetera
Should the plural of octopus be octopuses or octopi? It's all Greek to me, but some folks say octopodes. This is (mostly) a list of suggested Greek plurals to replace colloquial plurals from pseudo...
octopodes, platypodes, rhinocerotes, toadpodes, roadpodes, e-podes, pygopodes, steganopodes, pygropodes, Antipodes, Japodes, apodes and 4 more...
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hildjj's Words
bookmarklet, demisemiquaver, zeitgeist, hermeneutics, oligarch, quisling, absinthe, mellifluent, verisimilitude, implacable, necrotic, nacreous and 243 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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ktrey's wordlist
Words that I like.
Many may be lexicographically impotent due to a lack of citations and definition. Hopefully I'll be able to rectify this eventually.velleity, dispositive, bloviate, bibulous, fungible, concupiscence, avuncular, carnaptious, thrawn, hypocoristic, diegesis, lagniappe and 928 more...
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Chained Bear's Favorite Words
peruvian, sparky, poop, etymological, fuck, whatnot, pulchritude, nosh, tetched, quotidian, squalid, trajectory and 388 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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Greek Remarks
Words I have coined or borrowed from Greek
qua, eupraxis, syntopicon, anastasis, lugubrious, metanoia, hecatomb, deinos, logos, synecdoche, syndeton, apotheosis and 34 more...
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I, Object!
General objects that plain sound nice. They -are- nice.
camera obscura, truncheon, polkageist, lord god bird, stradivarius, panopticon, zither, torii, wumpus, porkpie, yojimbo, bilk and 11 more...
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Drawer
Consider it a part of the desk.
conflagration, haberdashery, aubergine, scrimshaw, paradiddle, whirligig, narthex, pileated, amorphous, embargo, octopodes, octopuses and 15 more...
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htowsner's Words
perseverate, zeugma, squid, thassalocracy, platypodes, octopodes, illeist, velleity
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Plurals
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saracarl's Words
darshan, prii, abecedary, razz, ferroequinologist, octopodes
Tweets
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rolig Octopuses, hippopotamuses and rhinoceroses are all fine by me. I also like the fact that the last of these makes a sight rhyme with noses and roses. (I love sight rhymes.) Aug 15, 2008
milosrdenstvi Pous being a type-3 Greek noun, the plural is podes, in two syllables. This is a rare form; more commonly, as in hippopotamus, the plural will take the form hippopotamoi. Rhinoceros becomes rhinocera (although that also is irregular, as it ought to be rhinocerata). Aug 14, 2008
linguista88 Haha.. My professor taught us this word in Latin class :) Sep 18, 2007
stpeter Gotta love those plurals from Greek (the plural is very much not octopi!). Oh and it's pronounced okk-TOP-oh-deez. Jeez. :) May 11, 2007