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Meaning
Noun
●
In Eight:
Any 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.
●
The
flesh
of these
marine
molluscs
eaten
as food.
●
An organization that has many
powerful
branches
controlled
from the centre.
Verb
●
To
put
(or
attempt
to
put
)
one's
fingers
,
hands
or
arms
in many things or
places
at
roughly
the same time.
●
To
spread out
in
long arms
or
legs
in many directions.
●
To
plug
a large number of
devices
into a
single
electric
outlet.
●
To
grow
in use
vastly
beyond what was
originally
intended.
●
In Octopuses:
To
hunt
and
catch
octopuses.
●
To
behave
like an octopus.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
octopus
English
ὀκτώπους
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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