n.
Pronunciation: ' äk-t ə -p ə s, - ˌ pu ̇ s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -pus · es or -pi \ - ˌ p ī \
Etymology: New Latin Octopod-, Octopus, from Greek okt ō pous
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
octopus