octopod
See also: Octopod
English
Etymology
octo- + -pod
Noun
octopod (plural octopods)
- Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
- Any cephalopod mollusks of the order Octopoda.
- A railway locomotive with eight wheels.
- 1905, Francis Lynde, A Fool for Love, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, page 115
- Virginia saw the big octopod engine clamoring up the grade, …
- 1905, Francis Lynde, A Fool for Love, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, page 115
See also
- octopus
- octopodes
- octopoid