octopoid

octopoid adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopod; octopuslike.

Adjective

octopoid (comparative more octopoid, superlative most octopoid)

Of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopod; octopuslike.
- Moving about in experiment or sitting motionless in study were scores of the most hideous Martians they had yet seen—octopoid creature with enormous staring eyes and eight black tentacles.1956, Amazing Stories
- It is also touchingly absurd; its plan even is delightful and absurd in its informality: the Inner Circle, geometrically perfect, half-embraced by the faintly octopoid arms of the lake - both contained lop-sided in the arbitrary perimeter of the ...2000, David Piper, Fionnuala Jervis, The Companion Guide to London, Companion Guides, →ISBN, page 239
Widespread; reaching across or penetrating large distances; controlling many things from a central point.
- Further, monopoly is in the octopoid industries the only sensible method of supply, and in many others it brings economies in production, and improvements in the quality and stability of supply, of which it would be a back-handed kindness to deprive the consumer.1923, Sir Dennis Holme Robertson, The Control of Industry, page 113
- The fourth convenient grouping of media are the octopoid media of the twentieth century: those whereby the spoken word or pictures can be both reproduced and amplified electronically, thus reaching mass audiences very rapidly and with at least great physical authenticity.1977, Oliver Thomson, Mass Persuasion in History, page 15

octopoid (plural octopoids)

An octopuslike creature.
- The scene lit up like a horror ride in an amusement park: Hundreds of yellow octopoids hung from the roof above him; a huge orange octopoid the size of a desk pulsated on the floor four meters in front of him; […]1987, Thomas R. McDonough, The Architects of hyperspace, Avon Books, →ISBN
- He could not see the octopoid he had assigned to block the tunnel, but sensed it was performing its task nonetheless, out of sight beyond a curve in the ramp; after the bladefish had dispatched the guards, it had slid down the harbor wall and […]1988, Mark E. Rogers, Nightmare of God, Ace Books, →ISBN

Barrymore dramatised his own duality by means of a watercolour self-portrait, depicting the so-called 'Great Profile' fused with a hideous, octopoid spider. […]2007, Jonathan Rigby, American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema, page 25:
An apish creature shambled with octopoid tentacles upon its shoulders; a human shape bore spider arms.2014, Karl Edward Wagner, Bloodstone, Gateway, →ISBN:
This is how an octopoid 'controlled economy' generates a proliferating 'black economy'.1989, Arun Bose, India's social crisis: an essay on capitalism, socialism, individualism and Indian civilization, Oxford University Press...
A smaller native species that the settlers called a bobber was swimming into the octopoid's visual range.1989, Juanita Coulson, Legacy of earth, Del Rey, →ISBN:

From octopus + -oid.

What does octopoid mean?: Octopoid means of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopod; octopuslike.
How do you use octopoid in a sentence?: Barrymore dramatised his own duality by means of a watercolour self-portrait, depicting the so-called 'Great Profile' fused with a hideous, octopoid spider. […]
What part of speech is octopoid?: Octopoid can be an adjective or a noun.

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