octopod

See also: Octopod

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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, Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →LCCN, page 115:
      … Virginia saw the big octopod engine clamoring up the grade, …

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French octopode.

Noun

octopod n (plural octopozi)

  1. octopod

Declension
Declension of octopod
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) octopod octopodul (niște) octopozi octopozile
genitive/dative (unui) octopod octopodului (unor) octopozi octopozilor
vocative octopodule octopozilor
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