ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Octopusish

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Octopusish is an adjective meaning Resembling an octopus; octopuslike.

Meaning

Resembling an octopus; octopuslike.

Example Sentences

That should be 'ikayaki'. 'Tako' = octopus. 'Ika' = squid. I think a kraken is more squiddish than octopusish.
I always wished they would give a clear view of the Kaled mutation inside the Dalek Travel machine, they showed one hanging out of a demolished Dalek in The 5 Doctors episode, it was an octopusish thing.
A little beer mixed with soggy tobacco or pot oozes out of one can near Ken's bare, hairy feet. He just sits there, hunched over, while air explodes in-out his mouth, and beer spreads in an octopusish pattern.
Plain slabs of fibreglass are unfriendly enough, but when topped off with a protrusion here and a herniation there, the whole house takes on a frighteningly octopusish effect, reminiscent of the painting of the warted, welted man you used to […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include octopusy, octopodian, squidlike, oysterlike, ostraceous, lobsterlike.

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