octopianadj.

Brit.

/ɒkˈtəʊpɪən/, U.S.

/ɑkˈtoʊpiən/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: octopus n., -ian suffix.

Etymology: < octopus n. (see note at that entry) + -ian suffix. Compare earlier octopine adj., octopean adj., octopus adj.

rare.

= octopean adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [adjective] > relating to or like that of an octopus

octopus1875

octopodan1890

octopean1896

octopine1914

octopian1922

octopic1968

1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment i. 11 He had..struck..a crate, from which some octopian beast..had reached out at him.

1993 R. Inchausti Spitwad Sutras 72 The left side of the class decided to create the Octopian Civilization, an undersea world populated in the year A.D. 3333 by a crashed spaceship.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	octopian
释义	octopianadj. Brit. /ɒkˈtəʊpɪən/, U.S. /ɑkˈtoʊpiən/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: octopus n., -ian suffix. Etymology: < octopus n. (see note at that entry) + -ian suffix. Compare earlier octopine adj., octopean adj., octopus adj. rare. = octopean adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [adjective] > relating to or like that of an octopus octopus1875 octopodan1890 octopean1896 octopine1914 octopian1922 octopic1968 1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment i. 11 He had..struck..a crate, from which some octopian beast..had reached out at him. 1993 R. Inchausti Spitwad Sutras 72 The left side of the class decided to create the Octopian Civilization, an undersea world populated in the year A.D. 3333 by a crashed spaceship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1922
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