1. octopus - Noun
2. octopus - Verb
A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,
Source: Webster's dictionaryTalent 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