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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024oc•to•pus /ˈɑktəpəs/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -pus•es, -pi /-ˌpaɪ/.USA pronunciation - Invertebratesa sea creature having a soft, oval body and eight tentacles with suckers on them.
- something like an octopus, as an organization having many branches.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024oc•to•pus (ok′tə pəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pus•es, -pi (-pī′).USA pronunciation - Invertebratesany octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
- something likened to an octopus, as an organization with many forms of far-reaching influence or control.
- Greek októ̄pous (plural októ̄podes) eight-footed; see octo-, -pod
- Neo-Latin
- 1750–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: octopus /ˈɒktəpəs/ n ( pl -puses)- any cephalopod mollusc of the genera Octopus, Eledone, etc, having a soft oval body with eight long suckered tentacles and occurring at the sea bottom: order Octopoda (octopods)
- a powerful influential organization with far-reaching effects, esp harmful ones
Etymology: 18th Century: via New Latin from Greek oktōpous having eight feet |