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octopus

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

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octopus

a mollusc in the order Octopoda which has eight legs and eats crustaceans and shellfish.
blue-ringed octopus
see hapalochlaena maculosa.
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