octopus

/okh-tu-BOOT/
[English] plural octopuses/octopi

The octopus is an eight-limbed cepaholopod with high intelligence. Octopuses can quickly learn to place objects into slots of the same shape, an exercise commonly used to check development in children. They adopt camouflage as they move along the sea bottom or lurk in amongst rocks.

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