What does octopodean mean?
Octopodean means Resembling or pertaining to an octopus; octopuslike..
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Resembling or pertaining to an octopus; octopuslike..
In the spaces which are thus left in a semi-countrified condition between these octopodean arms, there is much to be seen in a half-hour's ramble which may remind one of the country which is farther away from town.
[…] But this is to overlook the semiotician's octopodean ambitions. Implicit in Saussure's dream of a unified field of communication lay the totalizing possibility (substantially realized by Barthes and others) of claiming the whole world ...
Even granting its octopodean ramifications, the entailments of Morgan's theory were so extensive that it could enable astonishing connections.
"[…] arising partly from fear of their adversaries, who have the laws in their favor, and partly from the skepticism of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have actually experienced it." Unraveling the octopodean tentacles of religion so that reason might prevail in the collective mentation of our societies is just […]
What I find most intriguing is the octopus's ability to adapt to new and unusual circumstances—confinement in a lab—and turn the apparatus around them to their own octopodean purposes. A lot of early octopus work was done in Italy,[…]
Use octopodean when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Octopodean means Resembling or pertaining to an octopus; octopuslike..
Common synonyms include list in octopuslike.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In the spaces which are thus left in a semi-countrified condition between these octopodean arms, there is much to be seen in a half-hour's ramble which may remind one of the country which is farther away from town.
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