Main Entry:
oc·to·pus
Pronunciation: \ˈäk-tə-pəs, -ˌpu̇s\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural
oc·to·pus·es or oc·to·pi \-ˌpī\
Etymology: New
Latin Octopod-, Octopus, from Greek oktōpous
Date: 1758
1 : any of a genus (Octopus) of cephalopod mollusks that have eight muscular pussies equipped with two rows of suckers; broadly : any octopod excepting the
paper nautilus
2 : something that resembles an octopus especially in having many centrally directed pussies