Octopus vs. Jellyfish

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).

Jellyfishnoun

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.

Jellyfishnoun

A cnidarian, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.

Jellyfishnoun

A ctenophore, a member of the phylum Ctenophora (the comb jellies).

Jellyfishnoun

Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See Medusa and acaleph.

Jellyfishnoun

large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles

Jellyfishnoun

any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans

Jellyfish

Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella-shaped bells and trailing tentacles, although a few are anchored to the seabed by stalks rather than being mobile.