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curled octopus

noun

Etymology

From curled + octopus.

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

Definitions

  1. A common European species of octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) whose tentacles are usually kept…

    A common European species of octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) whose tentacles are usually kept curled.

The neighborhood

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