Octopedal
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of octopodal. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"Had an octopedal cat presented herself to Noah, that astute mariner would unquestionably have refused to give her permission to enter the ark, out of a sense of duty to his confiding mice and birds. Neither Noah nor Moses ever heard of a cat with eight feet, and hence the sudden production of such an animal in the nineteenth century is clearly a blow at the Mosaic theory of creation, and an effort to prove that the theory of development is true."
Example
More examples"Had an octopedal cat presented herself to Noah, that astute mariner would unquestionably have refused to give her permission to enter the ark, out of a sense of duty to his confiding mice and birds. Neither Noah nor Moses ever heard of a cat with eight feet, and hence the sudden production of such an animal in the nineteenth century is clearly a blow at the Mosaic theory of creation, and an effort to prove that the theory of development is true."
Etymology
From octoped + -al. Compare Latin octōpedālis.
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