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Definition of Octopus

Octopus

  1. A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,

Octopus Quotations

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Right now I'd love to be sitting on a Greek island somewhere because of being Greek American, eating great octopus salad and some fantastic lamb. Or sipping a little ouzo. I think the Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest... Lots of nuts, vegetables, fruits, fresh fish, lean meats, yogurt.
Cat Cora

On 'Chopped,' the time goes down a bit and there are several ingredients, usually one that makes no sense whatsoever with the rest of the ingredients. So it gets you out of your culinary comfort zone a little bit. Like we had octopus and cheese paired up with each other.
Michael Symon

For dinner I want real sushi - not the Americanized kind. My parents are American Samoan so I don't go for any of those rolls. I'll have raw prawn or sea urchin or octopus. I love it.
Junior Seau

The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to.
Dodie Smith
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Octopus Translations

octopus in Dutch is octopus
octopus in German is Tintenfisch, Krake
octopus in Hungarian is polip
octopus in Italian is calamaro, polipo
octopus in Portuguese is polvo
octopus in Spanish is pulpo

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