mimic octopus

English

Noun

mimic octopus (plural mimic octopuses)

  1. An Indo-Pacific species of octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus, capable of impersonating other species of marine life.
    • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 229:
      The Mimic octopus, which was only discovered in 2005 in shallow Indonesian waters, can rapidly morph its body to resemble a flounder, a sea snake, a lionfish and almost anything else it sees.
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