Octopus vs. Calamari
Octopusnoun
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.
Octopusnoun
(uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
Octopusnoun
An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
Octopusnoun
A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish.
Octopusnoun
Any member of the genus Octopus.
Octopusnoun
Something resembling an octopus in having numerous controlling arms or branches that reach widely and influence many activities; - used mostly of organizations, such as diversified corporations.
Octopusnoun
tentacles of octopus prepared as food
Octopusnoun
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
Octopus
Octopus (pl. octopuses, see below for variants) are soft-bodied, eight-limbed molluscs of the order Octopoda (, ok-TOP-ə-də).
Calamarinoun
squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings
Calamarinoun
squid, the mollusk, in general
Calamarinoun
(Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
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