Meaning

3 senses

  1. Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.

  2. Any cephalopod molluscs of the order Octopoda.

  3. A railway locomotive with eight wheels.

More definitions
  • a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell

Forms

plural: octopods

Word family

6 related words
Relatedoctopodaloctopodeanoctopodianoctopoidoctopus
Derivedoctopodic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ochreoctagonoctaveoctopusocular
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