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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
see hapalochlaena maculosa.
Octopus®
Heart surgery An anastomosis site restraining device designed to immobilize a specific area during minimally invasive “beating heart” CABG. See Beating heart surgery, Percutaneous coronary angioplasty.
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