Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopod; octopuslike.

  2. Widespread; reaching across or penetrating large distances; controlling many things from a central point.

Origin

From octopus + -oid.

From octopus + -oid.

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Forms

more octopoid, most octopoid
Comparativemore octopoid Lesson
Superlativemost octopoid Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
list in octopuslike

Word family

1 related words
Relatedoctopoidal

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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