curled octopus

English

A curled octopus.

Etymology

From curled +‎ octopus.

Noun

curled octopus (plural curled octopuses or (nonstandard) curled octopusses or (nonstandard) curled octopi or (nonstandard) curled octopii or (rare) curled octopodes or (rare, nonstandard) curled octopus) (see usage notes at octopus)

1. A common European species of octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) whose tentacles are usually kept curled.

   Synonyms: horned octopus, lesser octopus, northern octopus

Translations

Eledone cirrhosa

• Basque: olagarro zuri
• Catalan: pop blanc m
• Czech: chobotnice menší f
• Dutch: kleine achtarm (nl) m
• Estonian: kähar muskuspolüüp
• French: pieuvre blanche (fr) f, poulpe blanc (fr) m
• Galician: polbo cabezudo (gl) m
• German: Zirrenkrake m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὀσμύλη f (osmúlē)

• Irish: ochtapas beag m, ochtapas adharcach m
• Italian: moscardino bianco m
• Portuguese: polvo-cabeçudo m
• Serbo-Croatian: bijeli muzgavac m