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English word octopus comes from Ancient Greek ποδός, Ancient Greek ὀκτώ
ποδός (Ancient Greek)
ὀκτώ (Ancient Greek)
ὀκτώπους (Ancient Greek)
octopus (Latin)
(New Latin) octopus.
octopus (English)
(uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.. An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.. Any of several marine molluscs/mollusks, of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid or cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.