octopodian

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Resembling an octopus

   Resembling an octopus; octopuslike.

   • ... farther than could have been supposed — suddenly let go, and, having passed out of the city, we found ourselves gliding through a landscape of surpassing loveliness which gave no hint of the nearness of the octopodian monster.
   • The Marquess Wellesley tried to draw within the octopodian arms of his co-religionists and compatriots all the Maratha States by forging on them the fetters of the subsidiary alliance.
2. 2

   Resembling an octopod (an organism with eight feet or legs)

   Resembling an octopod (an organism with eight feet or legs); eight-legged, eight-footed.

   • On the 16th some of the ticks cast their skin for the first time, and are now at the stage of octopodian nymphae, for now they have four pairs of legs.
   • Centipedes hastened past, legs moving in agitated undulations; tiny red spiders pounced, like octopodian tigers from another, microscopic world, on prey so infinitesimal that it was impossible to see whether it crawled or flew.

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