Found 3 items, similar to octopus.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: octopus
gurita
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: octopus
octopus
n 1: tentacles of octopus prepared as food
2: bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight
long tentacles [syn:
devilfish]
[also:
octopi (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Octopus
Octopus
\Oc"to*pus\, n. [NL. See
Octopod.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including
numerous species, some of them of large size. See
Devilfish.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any member of the genus
Octopus.
[PJC]
3. (Fig.) Something resembling an octopus in having numerous
controlling arms or branches that reach widely and
influence many activities; -- used mostly of
organizations, such as diversified corporations.
[PJC]