octopod
Meanings
noun
- Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
- Any cephalopod molluscs of the order Octopoda.
- A railway locomotive with eight wheels.
adj
- Having eight feet or foot-like parts.
- Of or relating to the order Octopoda of cephalopod molluscs; octopoid.
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Etymology
From octo- + -pod, after taxonomic name Octopoda. Piecewise doublet of octopede and octopus.
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