The word is in the Wiktionary

22 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• octopus n. Any of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective…
• octopus n. (Uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
• octopus n. An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
• octopus v. To put (or attempt to put) one’s fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time.
• octopus v. To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.
• octopus v. To plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet.
• octopus v. (By extension) To grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended.
• octopus v. To hunt and catch octopuses.
• octopus v. To behave like an octopus.

— International convention —

• Octopus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Octopodidae – typical octopuses.

— English word, defined in German —

• octopus S. Zoologie: Oktopus, Krake.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• octopus n. (Dierkunde) octopus, inktvis.

— English word, defined in French —

• octopus n. (Zoologie) Pieuvre, poulpe.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• octopus s. Zoología. Pulpo.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• octopus s. Polvo.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• octopus s. Polpo.
• octopus s. Piovra.

— In Dutch —

• octopus n. (Koppotigen) een achtarmige inktvis.
• octopus n. Een extra ademhalingsautomaat voor duikers, onderdeel van…

— In French —

• octopus n. (Archaïsme) (Zoologie) Pieuvre ; poulpe.

— In Italian —

• octopus s. (Zoologia), (malacologia) genere di mollusco cefalopode.
• Octopus s. (Zoologia) genere di animale mollusco cefalopode.

73 English words from 10 English definitions

and Any arms attempt behave beyond branches By␣extension catch centre controlled devices directions eaten electric extension external family fingers flesh food from genus grow hands has having hunt intended internal into in␣use large legs like long long␣arms many marine molluscs number octopus octopuses one organization originally out outlet places plug powerful protective put roughly same several single spread spread␣out taxonomic that the the␣same these things time typical Uncountable use vastly was what within

7 English words from 12 foreign definitions

duikers een extra Krake octopus poulpe van

21 foreign words from 12 foreign definitions

achtarmige ademhalingsautomaat animale Archaïsme cefalopode Dierkunde genere inktvis Koppotigen malacologia mollusco Oktopus onderdeel Pieuvre Piovra Polpo Polvo Pulpo voor Zoología Zoologie

20 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

octopush octopusy octopusal octopused octopuses octopussy octopusher octopusial octopusian octopusing octopusish octopussed octopusses octopus␣bush octopushers octopuslike octopussies octopussing octopusesque octopus␣bushes

7 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

dumbo␣octopuses common␣octopuses gloomy␣octopuses blanket␣octopuses coconut␣octopuses blue-ringed␣octopuses giant␣Pacific␣octopuses

11 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

dumbo␣octopus giant␣octopus mimic␣octopus common␣octopus gloomy␣octopus blanket␣octopus coconut␣octopus seven-arm␣octopus Turquet's␣octopus blue-ringed␣octopus giant␣Pacific␣octopus

13 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CTO oct Oct OCT oct- Oct. octo- opus pus PUs PUS top Top

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

OTC pot POTC sup SUP 'sup sup. Sup. TCO upo upo'

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

copouts cop-outs cops␣out

11 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

compotus cosy␣up␣to cropouts crops␣out octopush octopusy outcrops outscoop postcoup scope␣out soft␣coup

9 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

coopts co-opts copout cop-out cop␣out COPUOS cost␣up Coutos pou␣sto

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

octapus

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