English Explanatory Dictionary

octopii

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Misconstructed plural of octopus.

Word forms

octopii

Etymology

From octopus + -ii. Replacing -us with -ii is a nonstandard pluralization pattern based on rebracketing of Latin nominative plural forms from nouns ending in -ius, such as radius > radii. Compare walrii and penii.

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