Octopus
See also: octopus
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin octōpūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous, “eight-footed, octopus”).
Proper noun
[edit]Octopus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Octopodidae – typical octopuses.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (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
[edit]- (genus): Octopus vulgaris – type species; Octopus tetricus (gloomy octopus), Octopus macropus (white-spotted octopus) – selected species; for other species see
Octopus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms
[edit]- Benthoctopus
- Teretoctopus
- Ameloctopus
- Aphrodoctopus
- Enteroctopus
- Euaxoctopus
- Pinnoctopus
- Pteroctopus
- Amphioctopus
- Callistoctopus
- Galeoctopus
- Histoctopus
- Macroctopus
- Muusoctopus
- Paroctopus
- Styletoctopus
- Thaumoctopus
- Vulcanoctopus
References
[edit]- Octopus (genus) 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System.