octopod.

1. An eight-armed cephalopod, especially an octopus.

2. Having eight limbs or feet.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• an octopod specimen
• octopod arms

On the page

The octopod specimen extended an arm toward the light.

The diagram compared the octopod’s arms with the squid’s appendages.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular octopod; plural octopods. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.