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oc·​to·​pod | \ ˈäk-tə-ˌpäd How to pronounce octopod (audio) \

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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Recent Examples on the Web This 20-foot-long, 15-foot-wide and 10-foot-high octopod will not only be lit up, but its tentacles will move. — Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, "10 things you don't want to miss at Light City 2018," 10 Apr. 2018 The deep sea just got a little spookier with the discovery of a ghostly octopod off the Hawaiian archipelago. — National Geographic, "Watch an Amazing 'Ghost Octopus' Discovered in the Deep Sea," 4 Mar. 2016

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First Known Use of octopod

1817, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for octopod

ultimately from Greek oktōpod-, oktōpous scorpion, from oktō- octa- + pod-, pous foot — more at foot

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“Octopod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/octopod. Accessed 6 Jul. 2020.

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