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octopus

oc·to·pus [ óktəpəss ] (plural oc·to·pus·es or oc·to·pi [ óktə p ] or oc·to·pus)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. sea animal with eight arms: a sea animal with a big head, a soft oval body, well-developed eyes, and eight arms containing rows of suckers. It usually lives on the ocean floor. Genus Octopus.

2. something with far-reaching influence: something, especially an organization, that has many branches and forms of influence or control

[Mid-18th century. < modern Latin< Greek oktōpous "eight feet" < oktō "eight" + pous "foot"]
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