octopod

See also: Octopod

English

Alternative forms

• octoped, octopede

Etymology

From octo- +‎ -pod.

Noun

octopod (plural octopods)

1. Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
2. Any cephalopod mollusks of the order Octopoda.
3. A railway locomotive with eight wheels.
   • 1905, Francis Lynde, “VII The Majesty of the Law”, in A Fool for Love‎^[1], Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →LCCN, page 115:

     … Virginia saw the big octopod engine clamoring up the grade, …

Related terms

• octopodal
• octopodean
• octopodian

See also

• octopus
• octopodes
• octopoid
• octopode

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French octopode.

Noun

octopod n (plural octopozi)

1. octopod

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	octopod	octopodul		octopozi	octopozile
genitive-dative	octopod	octopodului		octopozi	octopozilor
vocative	octopodule			octopozilor