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mimic octopi

mimic octopi is the plural of mimic octopus.

Meaning of mimic octopus

Noun

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

  1. An Indo-Pacific octopus of species Thaumoctopus mimicus, capable of selectively impersonating several other species of marine life.
    • The Mimic octopus, which was only discovered in 2005 in shallow Indonesian waters, can rapidly morph its body to resemble a flounder, a sea snake, a lionfish and almost anything else it sees.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 229

Questions about mimic octopi

What is mimic octopi the plural of?
Mimic octopi is the plural of mimic octopus.

Words near mimic octopi in the dictionary

  1. mimic functions
  2. mimic glass lizard
  3. mimic glass lizards
  4. mimic man
  5. mimic men
  6. mimic octopi
  7. mimic octopus
  8. mimic octopuses
  9. mimic thrush
  10. mimicability
  11. mimicable

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