Octopus

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Translingual

Octopus vulgaris

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Octopus m

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): Loligo vulgaris - type species; for other species see Octopus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Octopus 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 Encyclopedia of Life
Octopus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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