Octopus

See also: octopus

Translingual

Octopus vulgaris

Etymology

From Latin octopūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous, “eight feet”).

Proper noun

Octopus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Octopodidae – typical octopuses.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Mollusca - phylum; Cephalopoda - class; Coleoidea - subclass; Octobrachia - superorder; Octopoda - order; Incirrina - suborder; Argonautidae - family; Octopodinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): See Octopus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for species

References

Octopus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Octopus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Octopus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Octopus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Octopus at World Register of Marine Species
Octopus at Encyclopedia of Life
Octopus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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