giant octopus
A mythical or fictional large sea creature with features of an octopusA mythical or fictional large sea creature with features of an octopus: Synonym of Kraken (Norse sea monster)
» Giant pacific octopuses can live for up to five years in the wild.
Гигантские осьминоги Тихого океана живут на воле до пяти лет. — AntonKhorev
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5 sensesA mythical or fictional large sea creature with features of an octopus
(informal)Synonym of Kraken (Norse sea monster)
(informal)Synonym of Cthulhu (Lovecraftian horror monster)
One of certain large sea creatures of the order Octopoda
Haliphron atlanticus (giant Atlantic octopus)
Enteroctopus spp.
Enteroctopus spp.
Especially, Enteroctopus dofleini (giant Pacific octopus)
Examples
1 sentencesGiant pacific octopuses can live for up to five years in the wild.
ruГигантские осьминоги Тихого океана живут на воле до пяти лет. — AntonKhorev
Forms
plural: giant octopusesSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.