Octopuslike

Quick meaning: Octopuslike is an adjective meaning Resembling or characteristic of an octopus, for example in having eight (or many) arms.

Meaning

Resembling or characteristic of an octopus, for example in having eight (or many) arms.

More Meanings

1. Widespread or able (from a central point) to control or manipulate many things.

Example Sentences

The divers grappled each other in an octopuslike duel.

Matsui, the Mitsubishi and other great families which had built up an octopuslike control of industry, banking and trade — would be put out of action.

The agency announced plans yesterday to subdivide the octopuslike system and make the manager of each line responsible for everything on that line, from bunched-together trains to unintelligible public-address announcements.

A white octopuslike beast is described as something that escapes when the ice thaws to collect "escaped spirits until the next frost"; a hulking presence in the painting, it's rendered even more alarming by the diagram, in which it looms over the silhouetted man.

Synonyms for octopuslike

Depending on context, synonyms include octopal, octopean, octopian, octopic, octopine, octopodal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include octopodic, octopusesque, octopodous, octopusial, octopodian, octopoidal.

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