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Meaning of blanket octopus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of four species of pelagic octopus of the genus Tremoctopus, found in tropical and subtropical oceans.

Examples

“One species, the Blanket octopus, has the most extreme divergence in size between the two sexes in a single species of any animal: females weigh 10,000 times as much as males.”
“Blanket octopuses appear to be immune or resistant to Portugese^([sic]) man 'o' war stings and have even been observed wielding the stinging tentacles they’ve detached as a weapon.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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