03-07-2013, 01:40 PM
The preferred plural form is octopuses; other variations are octopi and octopodes.
The word originated with the Greeks as oktÅpod; New Latin form of octopod evolved to the English octopus in 1759.
The word originated with the Greeks as oktÅpod; New Latin form of octopod evolved to the English octopus in 1759.
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