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giant Pacific octopi

giant Pacific octopi is the plural of giant Pacific octopus.

Meaning of giant Pacific octopus

Noun

giant Pacific octopus (plural giant Pacific octopuses or (nonstandard) giant Pacific octopusses or (nonstandard) giant Pacific octopi or (nonstandard) giant Pacific octopii or (rare) giant Pacific octopodes or (rare, nonstandard) giant Pacific octopus)

  1. A large species of octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini.
    • They range from less than an inch in length to the giant Pacific octopus, which weighs in at 100 pounds and spans twenty feet from arm tip to arm tip.2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 47

Questions about giant Pacific octopi

What is giant Pacific octopi the plural of?
Giant Pacific octopi is the plural of giant Pacific octopus.

Words near giant Pacific octopi in the dictionary

  1. giant octopus
  2. giant otter
  3. giant otters
  4. giant pacarana
  5. giant pacaranas
  6. giant Pacific octopi
  7. giant Pacific octopus
  8. giant Pacific octopuses
  9. giant panda
  10. giant pandas
  11. giant pangasia

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