Octopoda

plural noun

Oc·​top·​o·​da

äkˈtäpədə

: an order of cephalopod mollusks (subclass Dibranchia) comprising the octopuses, argonauts, and related mollusks that have eight arms with sessile suckers devoid of horny rims and that often have vestiges of an internal shell but have an external shell only in the argonaut

octopodan

(ˈ)⸗¦⸗⸗dᵊn

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek oktōpoda, oktapoda, neuter plural of oktōpod-, oktapod-, oktōpous, oktapous octopod

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