octopuses

Of the three words commonly cited as a plural for octopus, octopuses is the preferred term.

Octopuses, octopi and oktopodes 2008

Of the three words commonly cited as a plural for octopus, octopuses is the preferred term.

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Mather calls octopuses "specializing generalists" when it comes to diet, meaning that they can eat a lot of different things, but each individual tends to pick a very distinct diet of personal favorites.

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Here's how to make hot dogs into octopi aka octopuses aka octopodes.

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Here's how to make hot dogs into octopi aka octopuses aka octopodes.

WN.com - Articles related to Sea secrets - over 5,000 new marine species found 2010

And new work suggests that some invertebrates with wildly different brain structures, such as octopuses, have elaborate nervous systems and show high intelligence.

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Mr. Spock's mother was human, yet somehow his father from an entirely different planet was able to fertilize her -- something less likely than you or I being able to mate with our close evolutionary cousins such as the octopuses and squids.

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Because octopuses have no bones, they are able to fit in extremely small spaces, like in this 'plexiglass wonderland' created by Nat Geo.

How An Octopus Weighing 600 Pounds Squeezes Through Quarter-Sized Tube (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Because octopuses have no bones, they are able to fit in extremely small spaces, like in this 'plexiglass wonderland' created by Nat Geo.

Octopus Weighing 600 Pounds Squeezes Through Quarter-Sized Tube (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Any feeling about the use/misuse of octopuses and other marine monsters in the pulps?

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