octopod

[ ok-tuh-pod ]

noun

1. any eight-armed cephalopod mollusk of the order or suborder Octopoda, including the octopuses and paper nautiluses.

octopod

/ ˈɒktəˌpɒd /

noun

1. any cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda, including octopuses and the paper nautilus, having eight tentacles, and lacking an internal shell

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Octopoda

Word History and Origins

Origin of octopod¹

1820–30; < New Latin Octopoda name of the order < Greek oktṓpoda neuter plural of oktṓpous eight-footed. See octo-, -pod

Example Sentences

Yet wrinkles have been observed in brain sections for roughly 20 octopus species already, and the new studies revealed unmistakable new evidence of brain structural folding in the octopod's central nervous system.

From Salon

Deep-sea mining poses a serious threat to animals such as this octopod that live at the bottom of the ocean, many of which are yet to be identified.Credit:

From Nature

“My first thought when I saw the clustered octopods was they shouldn’t be there — it’s too deep and there are too many of them,” Voight said.

From Salon

One species of wart-encrusted octopus looks very much like another — which is why zoologists are taking a good, hard look at those warts: turns out, they could help scientists tell these exceptionally bumpy octopods apart.

From The Verge

"The removal of these nodules may therefore put the lifecycle of these octopods at risk."

From BBC