coconut octopus

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Etymology

Coconut octopus residing in a shell

coconut +‎ octopus from the propensity of this octopus to live in coconut shells

Noun

coconut octopus (plural coconut octopuses or coconut octopi)

  1. A tropical species of octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus.
    • 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 176:
      Coconut octopuses can make themselves look like coconuts even without the visual aid, by gathering most of their arms around their body to make a rough sphere.

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