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Definition of Octopi
1. octopus [n] - See also: octopus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Octopi
Literary usage of Octopi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"Squids, cuttlefishes, and octopi (Cephalopoda).— TECHNICAL NOTE.—Small squids
preserved in alcohol or ... The squids (fig. n0), cuttlefishes, octopi or ..."
2. The Country of the Moors: A Journey from Tripoli in Barbary to the City of by Edward Rae (1877)
"Embark on Corsica—Privations—Facts about Sfax—Sail for the North —Sponges of the
Lesser Syrtis—The Oulad Azim—octopi—Sponge Culture and Chicken ..."
3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"octopi is attacked from time to time as improper, chiefly by those who know (or
... octopi first turned up in our files in 1922. The editors of Webster's ..."
4. Sunny lands and seas: a voyage in the SS. 'Ceylon'. by Hugh Wilkinson (1883)
"Enormous Crabs and octopi.— Manner of expressing Pleasure and Esteem.—Opinions
on Japanese Character.—Do Bosco's Confessions.—Japanese Toilet. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"But Aristotle and e justly attribute the fact of octopi being i «J «Inch have
some fewer appendages than their having been eaten off by the conger 'e are ..."
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