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# octopod

«octopod» in Mova's school dictionary: **An animal with eight arms or legs, especially an octopus** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an octopod, octopods); adjective (octopod)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (science) An animal with eight arms or legs, especially an octopus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/octopod/#m1)

2) (science) A member of the group of sea animals that includes octopuses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/octopod/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A biology word used when sorting animals: octopuses are octopods; squid and cuttlefish have eight arms plus two longer tentacles, so they are not counted as octopods. Also used in science fiction for eight-legged robots or aliens.

### examples

- An octopus is an octopod with eight arms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/octopod/#x1)
- Squid are not octopods because they have ten limbs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/octopod/#x2)
- The deep-sea dumbo octopus is a cute octopod. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/octopod/#x3)
- Scientists study how octopods change colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/octopod/#x4)
- The robot octopod walked on eight legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/octopod/#x5)
- Octopods are very clever and can open jars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/octopod/#x6)

### note

"Octo" means eight (octagon, October was once the eighth month). In maths problems: 3 octopods have 3 × 8 = 24 arms. Spiders have eight legs but are called arachnids, not octopods.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «octopod» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/octopod/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.