What does blanket octopus mean?

blanket octopus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: blan-ket oc-to-pus
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Any of four species of pelagic octopus of the genus Tremoctopus, found in tropical and subtropical oceans.

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"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."

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

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