blue-ringed octopus
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Etymology
[edit]blue + ring + octopus. From being an octopus with very prominent bright blue rings all over its body.
Noun
[edit]blue-ringed octopus (plural blue-ringed octopuses or blue-ringed octopodes or blue-ringed octopi)
- Any octopus of the genus Hapalochlaena, with distinctive blue rings, that carry the highly poisonous venom tetrodotoxin (TTX).
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References
[edit]blue-ringed octopus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia