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octopuslike

adj

Etymology

From octopus + -like.

  1. derived from ὀκτώπους
  2. borrowed from octōpūs
  3. suffixed as octopuslike — “octopus + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an octopus, for example in having eight (or many) arms.

    • The divers grappled each other in an octopuslike duel.

  2. Widespread or able (from a central point) to control or manipulate many things.

    • Matsui, the Mitsubishi and other great families which had built up an octopuslike control of industry, banking and trade — would be put out of action.
    • The agency announced plans yesterday to subdivide the octopuslike system and make the manager of each line responsible for everything on that line, from bunched-together trains to unintelligible public-address announcements.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA