octopus

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Synonyms for octopus

noun business organization, usually large

Antonyms for octopus

unemployment

More words related to octopus

corporation

noun. business organization, usually large

corporations

noun. business organization, usually large

Word Origin & History

1758, genus name of a type of eight-armed cephalopod mollusks, from Greek oktopous, literally "eight-footed," from okto "eight" (see eight) + pous "foot" (see foot (n.)). Proper plural is octopodes, though octopuses probably works better in English. Octopi is from mistaken assumption that -us in this word is the Latin noun ending that takes -i in plural.

Example Sentences for octopus

It was only at the hotel with Pre Batifoul that I learnt about the octopus.

Not until she was elbow deep in suds did she recall her dreams about the octopus.

The squid is a very small edition of the giant devilfish or octopus.

No octopus, no matter what proportions, filled the description.

And so far, getting along with Russia was like trying to get along with an octopus.

I have in mind especially the influence of the octopus and the cow.

Thus there can be no doubt of the identification of this American Aphrodite and the octopus.

The weapon seemed to be a conventionalization of the octopus.

A little devil in the shape of an octopus was in Tene-napa's brain.

Undoubtedly an octopus,” said Mr Temple; “that is its habit.