English dictionary: words starting with octop

adjective

Divided into or consisting of eight parts. formerly: (law) †(of a contract, indenture, etc.) drawn up in eight corresponding parts, one for each party (obsolete).

adjective

Relating to or like (that of) an octopus; octopoid.

noun

An eight-footed animal or thing.

noun

A sea creature with a soft oval body and eight tentacles (= arms)

noun

An amino acid of the opine group, c₉ h₁₈ n₄ o₄, found in the tissues of some cephalopods and lamellibranch molluscs and also synthesized by plant cells infected by certain strains of the crown gall pathogen agrobacterium tumefaciens.

adjective

Containing eight homologous sets of chromosomes (i.e. four times the diploid complement); made up of somatic cells of this kind.

noun

An octoploid individual, type, or species.

noun

The state or condition of being octoploid.

noun

A cephalopod mollusc of the order octopoda ; an octopus.

plural noun

An order of cephalopod molluscs that comprises the octopuses.

Usage examples:

These included the superorders octopodiformes and decapodiformes, the order octopoda, the octopod s…

adjective

Of or relating to cephalopod molluscs of the order octopoda; = "octopod".

adjective

Originally: of, relating to, or designating the order octopoda of cephalopod molluscs, comprising the octopuses; = "octopod". later (also): = "octopoid".

noun

A cephalopod mollusc of the order octopoda ; an octopus.

noun

A cephalopod mollusc with eight sucker-bearing arms, a soft body, strong beaklike jaws, and no internal shell.

Usage examples:

He compares the octopus to the other cephalopods - cuttlefish, crayfish, and the like.

noun

A cephalopod mollusc with eight sucker-bearing arms, a soft body, strong beaklike jaws, and no internal shell.

Usage examples:

He compares the octopus to the other cephalopods - cuttlefish, crayfish, and the like.