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Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi, and
octopodes, in that order,
reflecting frequency of use,
calling octopodes rare and
noting that
octopi is
based on...
- the US;
octopodes is rare, and
octopi is
often objected to as incorrect. The
Oxford English Dictionary lists octopi,
octopuses and
octopodes (in that...
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Grimpoteuthis is a
genus of
pelagic cirrate (finned)
octopods known as the
dumbo octopuses. The name "dumbo"
originates from
their resemblance to the title...
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suborder Incirrata containing all
extant octopods except for the
cirrate octopodes,
argonauts (Alloposidae, Argonautidae,
Ocythoidae and Tremoctopodidae)...
- Cephalopods,
which include squids and octopuses, vary
enormously in size. The
smallest are only
about 1
centimetre (0.39 in) long and
weigh less than 1...
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cuttlefish make use of
venom when
hunting their prey. The blue-ringed
octopodes (Hapalochlaena spp.)
produce tetrodotoxin,
which is
extremely toxic to...
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mouthparts of tardigrades,
diptera and
aphids are also
called stylets. In
octopodes, the
stylets are internal, needle-like bent rods
within the mantle, the...
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common behavior in the last life
phase of
female octopuses.
Female octopodes care for
their eggs, even if eggs laid in
captivity are
generally unfertilized...
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Tiryns the
paintings are
focused on
marine motifs,
providing depictions of
octopodes, fish and dolphins.
Around the
megaron a
group of
courtyards each opened...
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order Nautilida) and
coleoids (which had
already diverged into
modern octopodes, squids, and cuttlefish) all
other species of the
molluscan class Cephalopoda...
