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curled octopus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
curled oc-to-pus
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A common European species of octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) whose tentacles are usually kept curled.

Etymology

From curled + octopus.

Inflected Forms

curled octopuses (plural) curled octopusses (nonstandard, plural) curled octopi (nonstandard, plural) curled octopii (nonstandard, plural) curled octopodes (plural, rare)

Synonyms

horned octopus lesser octopus northern octopus

Questions

What does curled octopus mean?
A common European species of octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) whose tentacles are usually kept curled.
Where does curled octopus come from?
From curled + octopus.

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