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oc·to·pus
/ ˈäktəpəs/
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n.
(pl. octopuses
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1.
a cephalopod (Octopus and other genera, order Octopoda) with eight sucker-bearing arms, a soft saclike body, strong beaklike jaws, and no internal shell.
2. fig.
an organization or system perceived to have far-reaching and typically harmful effects.
DERIVATIVES:
oc·to·poid adj.
/ -ˌpoid/
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OCTOPI TEACH OLD SCIENTISTS NEW TRICKS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 4/24/1992; 609 words
; ...Scientists studying octopi find you don't...learn. After one octopus was trained to pick...were interested in octopuses because they have...about whether the octopi could learn from...their specimens of octopus vulgaris from the...shape. For some octopuses, the "right...
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Octopus Announces Support for Microsoft Cluster Server.
Business Wire; 8/7/1997; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1997--Octopus Technologies, a division of Qualix Group...that currently shipping versions of its Octopus products for data fault tolerance and...Cluster Server (formerly Wolfpack). Octopus also today unveiled a plan for phased...
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Octopus: Hispanic appetite for the cephalopod has fueled a sales explosion.(Product Spotlight)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...about 1,000 pounds of octopus imported from the Philippines...market for so-called baby octopus, which are adult octopi about the size of a fist...600 to 1,000 pounds of octopus weekly, including baby octopi primarily from Taiwan...
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Octopus Makes Sound And Image Unforgettable.
M2 Presswire; 11/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-8 November 2007-Marmitek BV: Octopus Makes Sound And Image Unforgettable...this problem with the introduction of Octopus. With this device, you can convert your...children, is now a reality. Leave it to Octopus to provide nostalgia and a cosy feeling...
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Octopus.com Partners With Seven Content Providers to Improve Web Experience For Publishers and Surfers.
PR Newswire; 8/9/2000; 700+ words
; Octopus.com Announces Industry Deals Across Popular...Calif., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Octopus, the award-winning Web service that...Exchange and MP3.com. The partners will use Octopus to create any number of co-branded...
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Octopus 3.0 Supports Siebel 7.
PR Newswire; 10/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...ALTO, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Octopus, the pioneer of Meta Applications, today announced...provider of eBusiness applications software. Octopus will submit the integration of Octopus 3.0 for validation with Siebel 7 within 90...
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Octopus 3.0 Provides New Deployment Choices: Licensed Enterprise Installation or Fully Hosted.
PR Newswire; 10/16/2001; 700+ words
; ...Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Octopus, Inc., a leader in software solutions...announced the immediate availability of Octopus 3.0, offering customers the choice...deployment tools that ease the development of Octopus-based solutions. The new licensed enterprise...
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Octopus's Grasp Surprises Scientists; Creature Shows Sophisticated Ability to Learn by Watching Others
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/24/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...experiment involving Octopus vulgaris, the common octopus found throughout temperate...tropical seas. Like all octopuses, its body is entirely...has found that the octopus's memory functions...also discovered that octopuses can take in many kinds...
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Octopus invasion; Catch of the day: Octopuses have boosted Scots fishing.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 7/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...surprise,' he said. The common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, of the Mediterranean...reaches 10ft - though the giant octopus of the Pacific may have adiameter of more than 30ft. But most of the octopuses being caught off the WestCoast...
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Octopus: the mysterious mollusk. (physiological facts about the octopus)
Magazine article from: U.S. Kids; 6/1/1996; 638 words
; ...than scary. What is it? It's an octopus. Although grow to twenty-eight feet...only a few, such as the blue-ringed octopus of Australia, are poisonous. Eight Fascinating Facts 1. The word octopus means eight feet. 2. The octopus is...
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octopus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...length; the giant octopus of the Pacific may...over 30 ft (9 m). Octopuses reproduce sexually...a larval stage. Octopus is eaten in many parts of the world. Octopuses are classified in...Octopodidae, genus Octopus.
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octopus-leaf
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
octopus-leaf. See orchid .
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octopuses
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
octopuses See OCTOPODA .
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Octopus, The: A Story of California
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Octopus, The: A Story of California, novel by Frank Norris , published in 1901 as the first part of his uncompleted trilogy, “...
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Cephalopods
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...fishery populations. Octopuses, Cuttlefish, and...hundred species of octopuses, found throughout...common species, Octopus vulgaris, is approximately...humans who harvest octopuses by setting and retrieving "octopus pots" made of clay...
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