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blue-ringed octopus
blue-ringed octopus n (Animals) a highly venomous octopus, Octopus maculosus, of E Australia which exhibits blue bands on its tentacles when disturbed EncyclopediaSeeoctopusblue-ringed octopus
blue-ringed octopusAny of at least 10 species of octopus of the genus Hapalochaena, having bright blue spots and found in the Pacific Ocean, esp. near Australia. It poisons its prey with tetrodotoxin. See: tetrodotoxin |