Meaning of octopusses | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Can you imagine⟳ that Doc living all by himself here, with snakes and starfish and octopusses?”

“Gilpatric observed many fights between octopusses. When one is badly damaged, another will often appear⟳ in search⟳ of an easy meal.”

“Of course, the next time you are on the beach, you can try⟳ it out [Laughter], take⟳ the legs of an octopus, and you can even knot them before you glue them together. / In order⟳ to classify octopusses, we must therefore classify the irreducible ones, and then we must classify the way you can add⟳ them together, as I did just now by cutting and glueing their legs.”

““Angel.” I lift⟳ her chin. “What happened to the Captain?” / She opens her mouth to speak⟳ but all that comes out is a single word, which she gasps as if it is her last⟳, dying breath. / “Octopusses!” She chokes, and spits the word out again. “Octopusses!””

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