Octopod
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Octopod is a noun meaning Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
Meaning
Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
More Meanings
- Any cephalopod molluscs of the order Octopoda.
- A railway locomotive with eight wheels.
- Having eight feet or foot-like parts.
- Of or relating to the order Octopoda of cephalopod molluscs; octopoid.
Example Sentences
… Virginia saw the big octopod engine clamoring up the grade, …
The Arachnidans (Arachnida, Spiders, Scorpions, &c.), are octopod and apterous; […]
The octopod genus Amphitretus has thus far been known only through a single specimen collected by the “Challenger” and described by [William Evans] Hoyle.
The composer, like his publisher, faces an octopod monopoly. If he expects his songs to be plugged by the new agencies of publicity he will have to join those agencies.
Word Forms
- octopods
- octopode
- octoped
- octopede
Synonyms for octopod
Depending on context, synonyms include octopodal, octopodian, octopodous, octopodan.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cirrate, octopede, octopode, octopodid, octopodoid, tetradecapod.
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