OCTOPOD

[oc.to.pod] n [ultim. fr. Gk oktopod-, oktopous scorpion, fr. okto- octa- + pod-, pous foot--more at foot] (ca. 1836): any of an order (Octopoda) of cephalopod mollusks (as an octopus or argonaut) that have eight arms bearing sessile suckers -- octopod adj