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octopus

[ok-tuh-puhs] / ˈɒk tə pəs /


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Such was the lack of food, another crewmate told the court that they had resorted to eating fish and octopus and fish caught by the dredges to survive.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

One famous example was Inky, the octopus that escaped from New Zealand's National Aquarium in 2016 by squeezing through a drainpipe and making its way back to the ocean.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Researchers at the station contacted octopus expert Janet Voight and sent her photographs of the animal for identification.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as blue as the ocean and no bigger than a golf ball.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

An octopus that contains enough venom to kill twenty-six humans.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin




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