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coconut octopus

noun

Etymology

From coconut + octopus from the propensity of this octopus to live in coconut shells.

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

Definitions

  1. A tropical species of octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus.

    • Coconut octopuses can make themselves look like coconuts even without the visual aid, by gathering most of their arms around their body to make a rough sphere.

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