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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
2. 2
   a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell wordnet
3. 3
   Any cephalopod mollusks of the order Octopoda.
4. 4
   A railway locomotive with eight wheels.

   "… Virginia saw the big octopod engine clamoring up the grade, …"

Example

More examples

"… Virginia saw the big octopod engine clamoring up the grade, …"

Etymology

From octo- + -pod, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώποδος (oktṓpodos), from ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous).

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