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blue-ringed octopus

noun

Etymology

From blue + ringed + octopus. From being an octopus with very prominent bright blue rings all over its body.

  1. derived from ὀκτώπους
  2. borrowed from octōpūs
  3. compounded as blue-ringed octopus — “blue + ringed + octopus”

Definitions

  1. Any octopus of the genus Hapalochlaena, with distinctive blue rings, that carry the…

    Any octopus of the genus Hapalochlaena, with distinctive blue rings, that carry the highly poisonous venom tetrodotoxin (TTX).

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