transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈäk-tə-pəs, -ˌpu̇s ]
noun
( plural -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 arms 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 branches
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