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octopus

[ok-tuh-puhs] / ˈɒk tə pəs /


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This was particularly worrying as cuttlefish, along with other cephalopods like octopus and squid, are particularly vulnerable to the toxic algae.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Among the products targeted by Canada are U.S. steel, aluminum, motorcycles, washers and dryers, chain saws, processed cheese, clams and frozen octopus.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Phishing scams are like an octopus: They have many sticky tentacles.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Cool-adapted species such as cod are generally moving further north, while numbers of some warm-water species such as octopus have risen around south-west England.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

I was always ill after a general anesthetic and didn’t want to brave the dark octopus again.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

That outer shell is built largely from chitin, a tough natural material also found in fungal cell walls, fish scales, and the beaks of squids and octopi.

From Science Daily May 9, 2026

Jewish people were sometimes depicted as octopi in Nazi posters during World War Two.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

“Some people were turned off by the violence or the octopi scene and felt ‘Oldboy’ was too much of a genre film for competition,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2023

As another example, the team, in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources is experimenting with octopots — small ceramic pot homes that may attract octopi, the kelp crab’s natural predator.

From Seattle Times Jun. 8, 2023

While filling a definite order for octopi, Doc could replenish his stock of the cradles.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

It’s not clear when the trafficked animals might join the roughly 12,000 turtles, frogs, octopuses, penguins, sharks and other sea creatures currently on public display.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Perhaps the most impressive discoveries are animal “cities,” including two assemblies of octopuses, dubbed Octopolis and Octlantis, found off the east coast of Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Although the octopuses did not always choose the shortest path, they became faster at reaching the correct location as the trials progressed.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

Instead of attacking the reflected image, the octopuses needed to figure out where the stimulus was actually located and move toward it.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

Come on—even when the oxygen levels drop, octopuses can still do it.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden




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