Octopus
See also: octopus
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin octōpūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous, “eight-footed, octopus”).
Proper noun
Octopus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Octopodidae – typical octopuses.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda – class; Coleoidea – subclass; Octobrachia – superorder; Octopoda – order; Incirrina – suborder; Argonautidae – family; Octopodinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Octopus vulgaris – type species; Octopus tetricus (gloomy octopus), Octopus macropus (white-spotted octopus) – selected species; for other species see Octopus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms
References
- Octopus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Octopus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Octopus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Octopus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Octopus at World Register of Marine Species
- Octopus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.