octopus
/ˈɒk.tə.pəs/
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Simple Meaning
a sea animal with eight long arms and a soft body
When to Use
💬Daily Conversation✈️Travel English
Elementary — simple everyday language
Examples in Conversation
“Have you ever tried grilled octopus? It's really good.”
“The octopus changed color to hide from the fish.”
Learning Path
▶Full Definition
Any of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
Related Words
Synonyms:
cephalopodmollusk
Word Family:
octopusesoctopi