Definition of octopod
:any of an order (Octopoda) of cephalopod mollusks (such as an octopus or argonaut) that have eight arms bearing sessile suckers
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The deep sea just got a little spookier with the discovery of a ghostly octopod off the Hawaiian archipelago.
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Origin and Etymology of octopod
ultimately from Greek oktōpod-, oktōpous scorpion, from oktō- octa- + pod-, pous foot — more at foot
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