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octopus
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octopus
[ok′təpəs]
any of numerous carnivorous marine mollusks having eight tentacles.

octopus
a mollusc in the order Octopoda which has eight legs and eats crustaceans and shellfish.

blue-ringed octopus

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The golf-ball-size, blue-ringed octopus found off the coast of Australia has enough venom in it to kill eight adults.
It's the same poison found in a number of other creatures, including puffer fish, several types of frogs, North America's rough-skinned newt, the blue-ringed octopus, and some other flatworms.
These include other flatworms, frogs, North America's rough-skinned newt, and the blue-ringed octopus.
 
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