octopus, devilfish
(noun) bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
octopus
(noun) tentacles of octopus prepared as food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
octopi
(hypercorrect) plural of octopus
The forms octopuses and octopi appear roughly equally prevalent, with octopodes being much rarer. However, octopi is hypercorrect. See octopus for further discussion.
Source: Wiktionary
Oc"to*pus, n. Etym: [NL. See Octopod.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
