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octopodean

adj

Etymology

From octopod + -ean.

  1. derived from Octopoda
  2. suffixed as octopodean — “octopod + ean”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or pertaining to an octopus

    Resembling or pertaining to an octopus; octopuslike.

    • In the spaces which are thus left in a semi-countrified condition between these octopodean arms, there is much to be seen in a half-hour's ramble which may remind one of the country which is farther away from town.
    • Even granting its octopodean ramifications, the entailments of Morgan's theory were so extensive that it could enable astonishing connections.

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