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[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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Blue Lined Octopus Blue Ringed Octopus calamary cephalopods eledoisin Hapalochlaena maculosa Loliginidae Octopus maculatus perimeter ringed octopus | Among the bizarre creatures encountered by the researchers were a six foot long cirrate octopod - nicknamed "Dumbo" because of the large earlike fins it uses to swim - discovered more than a mile deep on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. As part of the census project, scientists from the Smithsonian Institution have collected a very large specimen of a rare, primitive animal known as cirrate or finned octopod, commonly called " Dumbos" because they flap a pair of large ear- like fins to swim, akin to the cartoon flying elephant. Among the creatures identified in the deep sea areas were luminous jellyfish and gelatinous creatures known as finned octopods, or "dumbos," because they flap earlike fins and look like the cartoon elephant. |
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