octopus

Speech parts

1. octopus - Noun

2. octopus - Verb

Meaning

A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

devilfish association corporation manta company business society octopod crowd shell partnership enterprise clan polyp cephalopod
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Antonyms

man individual division isolation privacy solitude
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Hypernyms

animal octopod seafood

Phrases with the word

hairy octopus octopus cake octopus kite big octopus veined octopus colossal octopus

Derivatives

Octopi

Examples

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Every science is a mutilated octopus. If its tentacles were not clipped to stumps, it would feel its way into disturbing contacts. Charles Fort

He had electric blue hair that had stuck around his head like tendrils of a startled octopus. Cassandra Clare

It did not seem at all improbable to McCulloch now. The infinite fullness of time brings about everything, he thought: even intelligent lobsters, even a divine octopus. Robert Silverberg

Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely distributed nervous system. That is why a severed octopus arm may crawl on its own and even pick up food. Frans de Waal

A fisheman knows where to look for an octopus. Swahili Proverb

Close letter words and terms

octopole Octopolis octopoteuthid octopus bush octopus cake octopus kite