Octopus
/ˈɑktəˌpʊs/
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Definition
(noun) Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
Sentence Examples
The octopus is in the sea.
That octopus returned to the sea without being eaten.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ used its eight arms to pry open the clamshell and extract the soft creature inside.