Octopus
noun
A sea creature with a soft, oval body and eight long tentacles.
The octopus squirted ink at its predator and quickly swam away.
Often appears as...
- giant pacific octopus
- octopus' garden
noun
A system with many connected parts, often used to describe something that reaches widely and has a lot of influence.
The corporation was an octopus, its tentacles reaching into various industries.
Often appears as...
- octopus-like company
- corporate octopus
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A sea creature with a soft, oval body and eight long tentacles.
The octopus squirted ink at its predator and quickly swam away.
Often appears as...
- giant pacific octopus
- octopus' garden
noun
A system with many connected parts, often used to describe something that reaches widely and has a lot of influence.
The corporation was an octopus, its tentacles reaching into various industries.
Often appears as...
- octopus-like company
- corporate octopus
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Marine Life
Remember 'octopus' refers to a sea creature, distinguishable among marine life.
The aquarium's octopus exhibit shows different species.
Pro Tip 2/3Eight Tentacles
An octopus has eight tentacles, which are key features to describe it.
Each octopus tentacle has suction cups for grasping.
Pro Tip 3/3Ink Escape
Mention an octopus squirting ink as a defense mechanism.
The scared octopus inked the water to hide from the diver.
Pro Tip 1/3Marine Life
Remember 'octopus' refers to a sea creature, distinguishable among marine life.
The aquarium's octopus exhibit shows different species.
Pro Tip 2/3Eight Tentacles
An octopus has eight tentacles, which are key features to describe it.
Each octopus tentacle has suction cups for grasping.
Pro Tip 3/3Ink Escape
Mention an octopus squirting ink as a defense mechanism.
The scared octopus inked the water to hide from the diver.
Pro Tip 1/3Marine Life
Remember 'octopus' refers to a sea creature, distinguishable among marine life.
The aquarium's octopus exhibit shows different species.
Pro Tip 2/3Eight Tentacles
An octopus has eight tentacles, which are key features to describe it.
Each octopus tentacle has suction cups for grasping.
Pro Tip 3/3Ink Escape
Mention an octopus squirting ink as a defense mechanism.
The scared octopus inked the water to hide from the diver.
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How to create a space...
wearable octopus octopus suit pressure sensing so for the first time we're gonna measure human motion within the suit how are the astronauts moving within the suit we can quantify that and then we design the protection to just keep them healthy and well and let them do their tasks as best they can it has space applications we're pretty
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Underwater astonishments...
the moving rock trick. So, we're learning lots new from the shallow water. Still exploring the deep, but learning lots from the shallow water. There's a good reason the shallow water's full of predators -- here's a barracuda -- and if you're an octopus or a cephalopod,
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Float Like a Butterfly…...
Where those animals are hiding or even underneath stones. But, you know, there is one species of octopus, the big blue octopus. That likes to collaborate with other species when it goes foraging. Collaboration feeding is really important throughout the animal kingdom.
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The sneakiest tricksters...
The leaf-tailed gecko and the octopus fool viewers by blending into the surfaces on which they rest. Other animals use mimicry to protect themselves. Harmless scarlet kingsnakes have evolved red, yellow, and black patterns
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Octopus Playtime PIPE...
that's almost as deep as any divide can be between two animals with three hearts no bones a beak with a venomous bite and a gut that runs through its brain to one point of view the octopus is completely alien
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Would You Eat Live...
appreciation for the courage of his Korean friends their brave they're very brave I think they're very brave and he's also gained a healthy respect for the tenacity of the octopus
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Can Octopuses Recognise...
okay you've been weighed and there is a new dimension being added to this study of octopus intelligence personality scientists have used the relationship
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Octopus Steals Crab from...
But that huge brain helps the octopus to get creative and to think up a dramatically different strategy.
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
with the metal trap in the way that's not too successful but that huge brain helps the octopus to
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Octopus In The Living...
helping me take care of the octopus you know the octopus is very happy to see laurel every day
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How to create a space...
wearable octopus octopus suit pressure sensing so for the first time we're gonna measure human motion within the suit how are the astronauts moving within the suit we can quantify that and then we design the protection to just keep them healthy and well and let them do their tasks as best they can it has space applications we're pretty
Video examples
Underwater astonishments...
the moving rock trick. So, we're learning lots new from the shallow water. Still exploring the deep, but learning lots from the shallow water. There's a good reason the shallow water's full of predators -- here's a barracuda -- and if you're an octopus or a cephalopod,
Video examples
Float Like a Butterfly…...
Where those animals are hiding or even underneath stones. But, you know, there is one species of octopus, the big blue octopus. That likes to collaborate with other species when it goes foraging. Collaboration feeding is really important throughout the animal kingdom.
Video examples
The sneakiest tricksters...
The leaf-tailed gecko and the octopus fool viewers by blending into the surfaces on which they rest. Other animals use mimicry to protect themselves. Harmless scarlet kingsnakes have evolved red, yellow, and black patterns
Video examples
Octopus Playtime PIPE...
that's almost as deep as any divide can be between two animals with three hearts no bones a beak with a venomous bite and a gut that runs through its brain to one point of view the octopus is completely alien
Video examples
Would You Eat Live...
appreciation for the courage of his Korean friends their brave they're very brave I think they're very brave and he's also gained a healthy respect for the tenacity of the octopus
Video examples
Can Octopuses Recognise...
okay you've been weighed and there is a new dimension being added to this study of octopus intelligence personality scientists have used the relationship
Video examples
Octopus Steals Crab from...
But that huge brain helps the octopus to get creative and to think up a dramatically different strategy.
Video examples
ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
with the metal trap in the way that's not too successful but that huge brain helps the octopus to
Video examples
Octopus In The Living...
helping me take care of the octopus you know the octopus is very happy to see laurel every day
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Mike deGruy
American Director
If you're going to make a lot of films about a particular group of animals, you might as well pick one that's fairly common. And octopus are: they live in all the oceans. They also live deep. And I can't say octopus are responsible for my really strong interest in getting in subs and going deep, but whatever the case, I like that.
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Sharon Needles
American Entertainer
Some people say, 'Oh you're a weird queen. You're a punk queen.' All queens are weird! I don't care if you're in a sickening gown or dressed as an octopus. You are treating every day as if it were Halloween. You are donning a character and a persona that isn't real.
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Scott Fujita
American Athlete
The first time I had a baked potato, I was eight years old at a friend's house. Most white kids growing up have a baked potato every day. I didn't even know what to do with it, how to open it. I was the only white kid in high school eating octopus.
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Sy Montgomery
American Writer
I think all animals have souls. I feel certain that if we have souls, octopuses have souls, too. If you grant something a soul, it demands a certain level of sacredness. Look around us. The world is holy. It is full of souls.
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Jeph Loeb
Algerian Writer
As we've often said, to the world at large, Marvel looks like a giant octopus that's out to swallow the galaxy - which, by the way, we are. But we are, in fact, a rather small and intimate company.
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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American Author
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
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Sue Perkins
English Comedian
The only time I am not talking is when I am dancing. I look like an electrocuted octopus.
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China Mieville
English Writer
Ever since I was two, I've loved octopuses, monsters, abandoned buildings.
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Patti Harrison
American Actress
I don't like to eat octopus. They're so smart.
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Ted Cruz
American Politician
I was bitten by an octopus.
Quote examples
Mike deGruy
American Director
If you're going to make a lot of films about a particular group of animals, you might as well pick one that's fairly common. And octopus are: they live in all the oceans. They also live deep. And I can't say octopus are responsible for my really strong interest in getting in subs and going deep, but whatever the case, I like that.
Quote examples
Sharon Needles
American Entertainer
Some people say, 'Oh you're a weird queen. You're a punk queen.' All queens are weird! I don't care if you're in a sickening gown or dressed as an octopus. You are treating every day as if it were Halloween. You are donning a character and a persona that isn't real.
Quote examples
Scott Fujita
American Athlete
The first time I had a baked potato, I was eight years old at a friend's house. Most white kids growing up have a baked potato every day. I didn't even know what to do with it, how to open it. I was the only white kid in high school eating octopus.
Quote examples
Sy Montgomery
American Writer
I think all animals have souls. I feel certain that if we have souls, octopuses have souls, too. If you grant something a soul, it demands a certain level of sacredness. Look around us. The world is holy. It is full of souls.
Quote examples
Jeph Loeb
Algerian Writer
As we've often said, to the world at large, Marvel looks like a giant octopus that's out to swallow the galaxy - which, by the way, we are. But we are, in fact, a rather small and intimate company.
Quote examples
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American Author
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
Quote examples
Sue Perkins
English Comedian
The only time I am not talking is when I am dancing. I look like an electrocuted octopus.
Quote examples
China Mieville
English Writer
Ever since I was two, I've loved octopuses, monsters, abandoned buildings.
Quote examples
Patti Harrison
American Actress
I don't like to eat octopus. They're so smart.
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Ted Cruz
American Politician
I was bitten by an octopus.
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