octopus in Malay
gurita
UK/ˈɒktəpʊs//ˈɑktəpʊs/
octopus in Malay: gurita, kurita, sotong gurita, doyak. In English, octopus means any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
Malay words for octopus
- mollusc
- gurita, kurita, sotong gurita, doyak
English meaning of octopus
- noun Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
- noun A mollusc from genus Octopus.
- noun The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
- noun An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
Synonyms of octopus
octopus in other languages
- octopus in Hindi
- octopus in Tamil
- octopus in Urdu
- octopus in Bengali
- octopus in Telugu
- octopus in Malayalam
- octopus in Kannada
- octopus in Punjabi
- octopus in Gujarati
- octopus in Odia
- octopus in Sinhala
- octopus in Nepali
- octopus in Tagalog
- octopus in Arabic
- octopus in Indonesian
- octopus in Persian
- octopus in Thai
- octopus in Vietnamese
- octopus in Myanmar
Questions about octopus in Malay
- What is the meaning of octopus in Malay?
- Octopus in Malay is gurita, kurita, sotong gurita, doyak.
- Apakah maksud octopus dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Octopus: gurita, kurita, sotong gurita, doyak.
- What does octopus mean in English?
- Octopus means any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
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