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octopode

octopode is the alternative form of octopod.

Meaning of octopod

Noun

octopod (plural octopods)

  1. Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
  2. Any cephalopod molluscs of the order Octopoda.
  3. A railway locomotive with eight wheels.
    • … Virginia saw the big octopod engine clamoring up the grade, …1905, Francis Lynde, “VII The Majesty of the Law”, in A Fool for Love, Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →LCCN, page 115

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Forms of octopode

pluraloctopodes

Questions about octopode

What is octopode the alternative form of?
Octopode is the alternative form of octopod.

Words near octopode in the dictionary

  1. octoploids
  2. octoploidy
  3. octopod
  4. octopodal
  5. octopodan
  6. octopode
  7. octopodean
  8. octopodes
  9. octopodial
  10. octopodian
  11. octopodic

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