Octopus

See also: octopus

Translingual

Octopus vulgaris

Etymology

From Latin octōpūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous, “eight-footed, octopus”).

Proper noun

Octopus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Octopodidae – typical octopuses.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda - class; Coleoidea - subclass; Octobrachia - superorder; Octopoda - order; Incirrina - suborder; Argonautidae - family; Octopodinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Octopus vulgaris – type species; Octopus tetricus (gloomy octopus), Octopus macropus (white-spotted octopus) – selected species; for other species see Octopus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• Benthoctopus
• Teretoctopus
• Ameloctopus
• Aphrodoctopus
• Enteroctopus
• Euaxoctopus
• Pinnoctopus
• Pteroctopus
• Amphioctopus
• Callistoctopus
• Galeoctopus
• Histoctopus
• Macroctopus
• Muusoctopus
• Paroctopus
• Styletoctopus
• Thaumoctopus
• Vulcanoctopus

References

• Octopus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Octopus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Octopus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Octopus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Octopus at World Register of Marine Species
• Octopus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.