octopus

listen to the pronunciation of octopus
English - Turkish
{i} ahtapot

Bir ahtapot korktuğunda mürekkep atar. - An octopus inks away when in fright.

Yuriko deniz biyolojisinden mezun bir öğrenci, bir balık tankının içinde uykuya daldı ve ahtapotlar ve deniz yıldızları ile kaplı olarak uyandı. - Yuriko, a marine biology grad student, fell asleep inside a fish tank and awoke covered in octopuses and starfish.

{i} yaygın ve yıkıcı örgüt
(Denizbilim) octopus

Related Terms

common blue-ringed octopus
ortak mavi halkalı ahtapot
octopuses
ahtapotlar
giant pacific octopus
(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) dev pasifik ahtapotu
English - English
The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food
An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre
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
tentacles of octopus prepared as food
8An eight armed cephalopod found worldwide in warm seawater The tentacles and head flesh of larger animals are usually cooked after pounding to soften the tissues
See Devilfish, bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles tentacles of octopus prepared as food
A soft-bodied marine animal that has eight arms covered with suction discs Octopuses are related to squid and cuttlefishes
{i} carnivorous eight-legged sea creature with a large soft head and two rows of suckers on the underside of each leg (usually lives on the bottom of the ocean)
A backup second stage regulator connected to your 1st stage, intended for the benefit of other divers in case their air supply should fail It is the alternate air source that forms the basis for the "buddy" system
a second DV for the use of a buddy if they are out of air
A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
An octopus is a soft sea creature with eight long arms called tentacles which it uses to catch food. Octopus is this creature eaten as food. octopuses octopi a sea creature with eight tentacles (=arms). In general, any eight-armed cephalopod of the order Octopoda; specifically, members of a large, widely distributed group (genus Octopus) of shallow-water species. Species range from about 2 in. (5 cm) to 18 ft (5.5 m) long with an arm span up to 30 ft (9 m). The head is usually only slightly demarcated from the saccular body. Each arm is contractile and bears fleshy suckers. Two sharp beaks and a filelike organ in the mouth drill crustacean shells and rasp away flesh. Most octopuses crawl along the bottom; when alarmed, they may jet-propel themselves backward, and they sometimes eject an inky substance to cloud the water and protect themselves from predators. They can change colour rapidly, a reflection of their environment or mood. The common octopus (O. vulgaris) is thought to be the most intelligent of all invertebrates
Any of these marine molluscs eaten as food
a sea animal with a soft body and eight long tentacles that it uses to catch its prey The tentacles have suckers that help the octopus move along the ocean bottom and grasp prey

Related Terms

genus octopus
type genus of the family Octopodidae
octopi
A plural form of octopus
octopuses
plural of octopus
Turkish - English
(Denizbilim) octopus
octopus

    Hyphenation

    oc·to·pus

    Turkish pronunciation

    äktıpûs

    Pronunciation

    /ˈäktəˌpo͝os/ /ˈɑːktəˌpʊs/

    Etymology

    [ 'äk-t&-p&s, -"pus ] (noun.) 1758. From Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktōpous) from ὀκτώ (oktō, “eight”) + πούς (pous, “foot”).
Favorites
More...
Clear