单词 | octopus |
释义 | octopus /ok"teuh peuhs/, n. , pl. octopuses, octopi /-puy'/. 1. any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea. 2. something likened to an octopus, as an organization with many forms of far-reaching influence or control. [1750-60; < NL < Gk októpous (pl. októpodes) eight-footed; see OCTO-, -POD] |
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