octopode (pluraloctopodes)

1. (uncommon)Alternative form ofoctopod.
   • 1837,Memoir of the City and North Western Liberties of Londonderry - Parish of Templemore:

     It is remarkable, that Pennant describes this Crab as anoctopode, an error probably due to an imperfect specimen, as the fourth pair of legs are so immediately, at their origin, under the fifth, that, when lost by accident, their sockets may readily [overlooked].

   • 1998, Mark Frutkin,Atmospheres Apollinaire, Dundurn,→ISBN, page67:

     'I believe he may be the result of the rare triadic union of a saltimbanque, an oyster and anoctopode,' mused Alfred. 'Three!' 'Unnatural!' 'Impossible!' The crowd was up in arms again, mirabile dictu-ing, slamming the table,[…]

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FromAncient Greekὀκτώπους(oktṓpous).

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.to.pɔd/

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octopode (pluraloctopodes)

1. octopod; eight-legged

octopode m orfby sense (pluraloctopodes)

1. octopod(creature with eight legs)

• “octopode”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

octōpode

1. ablativesingular ofoctōpūs

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