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Etymology

1. octopus

noun. ['ˈɑːktəˌpʊs'] bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles.

Etymology

  • ὀκτώπους (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

Rhymes with Octopus

  • platypus

How do you pronounce octopus?

Pronounce octopus as ˈɑktəˌpʊs.

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How to spell octopus? Is it octupos? Or octpus? Common misspellings are:

  • octupos
  • octpus

2. octopus

noun. ['ˈɑːktəˌpʊs'] tentacles of octopus prepared as food.

Synonyms

Etymology

  • ὀκτώπους (Ancient Greek (to 1453))