See also: Octopod

English

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Etymology

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From octo- +‎ -pod.

Noun

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octopod (plural octopods)

  1. Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
  2. Any cephalopod mollusks of the order Octopoda.
  3. A railway locomotive with eight wheels.
    • 1905, Francis Lynde, “VII The Majesty of the Law”, in A Fool for Love[1], Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →LCCN, page 115:
      … Virginia saw the big octopod engine clamoring up the grade, …
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French octopode.

Noun

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octopod n (plural octopozi)

  1. octopod

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