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mimic octopus

mimic octopus noun: an Indo-Pacific octopus of species Thaumoctopus mimicus, capable of selectively impersonating several other species of marine life.

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

Forms of mimic octopus

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

Questions about mimic octopus

What does mimic octopus mean?
Mimic octopus means an Indo-Pacific octopus of species Thaumoctopus mimicus, capable of selectively impersonating several other species of marine life.
What part of speech is mimic octopus?
Mimic octopus is a noun.
What is the plural of mimic octopus?
The plural of mimic octopus is mimic octopuses.

Words near mimic octopus in the dictionary

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

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