octopod

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
  2. Any cephalopod molluscs of the order Octopoda.
  3. A railway locomotive with eight wheels.
    — … Virginia saw the big octopod engine clamoring up the grade, …
形容词 adj.
  1. Having eight feet or foot-like parts. not-comparable
    — The Arachnidans (Arachnida, Spiders, Scorpions, &c.), are octopod and apterous; […]
  2. Of or relating to the order Octopoda of cephalopod molluscs; octopoid. not-comparable
    — The octopod genus Amphitretus has thus far been known only through a single specimen collected by the “Challenger” and described by [William Evans] Hoyle.

词形变化

octopods plural octopode alternative,uncommon octoped alternative octopede alternative octopode alternative,uncommon octoped alternative octopede alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
octopodic
相关词
octopodal octopodean octopodian octopoid octopus

词源

词源 1
From octo- + -pod, after taxonomic name Octopoda. Piecewise doublet of octopede and octopus.
词源 2
From octo- + -pod, after taxonomic name Octopoda. Piecewise doublet of octopede and octopus.
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