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Octopus

noun
/ˈɒk.tə.pəs/
Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.nounAny of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
2.nounThe flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
3.nounAn organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
4.verbTo put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time.
5.verbTo spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.
6.verbTo plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet.
7.verb(by extension) To grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended.
8.verbTo hunt and catch octopuses.
9.verbTo behave like an octopus.

Synonyms

polypusdevilfishsquidhenchickenpowderpoulpdustoctapusoctopodoctopoidgiant octopus

Rhymes With

pusssea pussplatypus
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