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giant Pacific octopus

giant Pacific octopus noun: a large species of octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini.

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
    • Giant Pacific octopuses are semelparous, meaning they reproduce only once.2018 April 29, Killian Fox, The Observer

giant Pacific octopus meaning in Vietnamese

giant Pacific octopus in Vietnamese

Translations
bạch tuộc khổng lồ Thái Bình Dương

Forms of giant Pacific octopus

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

Questions about giant Pacific octopus

What does giant Pacific octopus mean?
Giant Pacific octopus means a large species of octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini.
What is giant Pacific octopus in Vietnamese?
Giant Pacific octopus in Vietnamese is bạch tuộc khổng lồ Thái Bình Dương. See Giant Pacific octopus meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is giant Pacific octopus?
Giant Pacific octopus is a noun.
What is the plural of giant Pacific octopus?
The plural of giant Pacific octopus is giant Pacific octopuses.

Words near giant Pacific octopus in the dictionary

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

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