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octopus

[ok-tuh-puhs] / ˈɒk tə pəs /


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It follows Erica Slaughter, a mysterious woman with a stuffed octopus, who can see the invisible monsters that have been murdering children in a small American town.

From Barron's

When she touched it, the root shook itself and curled back like an octopus tentacle.

From Literature

Sun, the project's principal investigator, said the concept was inspired by cephalopods such as octopuses, which can rapidly alter the look and texture of their skin.

From Science Daily

“Anyway, these magic shells allowed the fisherman to always return with a canoe full of he‘e, enough octopus for feed his whole village.

From Literature

They could see its face, beaked like an octopus’s.

From Literature