octopus
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There are times, especially on defense, when he wraps an opponent’s layup like an octopus, that Wembanyama looks an easy 8 feet.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
On social media, it’s a point of pride for parents to showcase their children eating “adult” foods like oysters and octopus.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
However, like the modern octopus, they would have been opportunistic and voracious predators, and wouldn't have passed up other prey if they had the chance.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
A well-known 300-million-year-old fossil once believed to be the oldest octopus ever discovered has been reclassified after new analysis revealed it is something entirely different.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
Then he realized he had the ends backwards—it was an octopus with seven of its legs chewed off in a fight with something Scooter hoped he would never meet up with himself.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
Vocabulary lists containing octopus
Marine Biology - Introductory
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Marine Biology - Middle School
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Marine Biology - High School
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