As a proper noun octopus
is .
As a noun apricot is
a round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
As an adjective apricot is
of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.
octopus
Noun
(see usage notes)
Any of several marine molluscs/mollusks, of the family '', having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid or cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
(uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
Usage notes
The plural octopi is hypercorrect, coming from the mistaken notion that the (
term) in . The plural octopii is based on an incorrect attempt to pluralise the word based on an incorrect assumption of its origin, and is rare and widely considered to be nonstandard.
Sources differ on which plurals are acceptable:
(w, Fowler's Modern English Usage)'' asserts that “the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses”, while (Merriam-Webster) and other dictionaries accept (term) as a plural form. The ''(Oxford English Dictionary) lists (
term), (
term), and (
term) (the order reflecting decreasing frequency of use), stating that the last form is rare.
The term octopod (either plural octopods and octopodes can be found) is taken from the taxonomic order Octopoda but has no classical equivalent, and is not necessarily synonymous (it can encompass any member of that order). The collective form (
term) is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.
Derived terms
* octopean
* octopian
* octopic
* octopine
* octopuslike
* octopussy
Synonyms
* polypus
See also
* calamari
* cuttlefish
* Kraken
* nautilus
* octopoid
* squid
apricot
Noun
(
en noun)
A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca
A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
-
A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
the junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
(slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.
See also
* lekvar
*
Anagrams
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