octopodes

• Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage notes that octopodes is never found in context; it's only used in discussions, like this one, about whether it is the correct plural form.
• All the other kids clung to their parents like little eight legged octopodes**, but not mine, mine ran into the room and pretty much ignored me all morning. —  It's my life...
• Protip: It's octopodes, not octopi. on 03 / 26 / 2009, -1 / +1Actually, the order of accepted plurals for octopus is as follows: enneapus, decapus, hendecapus, dodecapus, and so on. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
• In Cozumel one can not only see octopuses (octopi? octopodes?) and some small colored fish, there is a diversity of unique subaqueous fish like —  xml's Blinklist.com
• The term octopod (plural octopods or octopodes) is taken from the taxonomic order Octopoda but has no classical equivalent. —  Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle

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