octopus

octopus
noun /ˈɒkt.ə.pʊs,ˈɑːkt.ə.pʊs/
a) Any of several marine molluscs/mollusks, of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid or cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
b) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.

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