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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Resembling or characteristic of an octopus, for example in having eight (or many) arms..
The divers grappled each other in an octopuslike duel.
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.
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.
Use octopuslike when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Octopuslike means Resembling or characteristic of an octopus, for example in having eight (or many) arms..
Common synonyms include octopal, octopean, octopian, octopic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The divers grappled each other in an octopuslike duel.
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