octoid

As a noun terms

is .

As an adjective octoid is

being a form of gear or tooth that resembles the involute, but whose complete path of contact on the surface of a sphere is in the form of a figure eight.

As adjectives the difference between octofid and octoid

is that octofid is (botany) cleft or separated into eight segments while octoid is being a form of gear or tooth that resembles the involute, but whose complete path of contact on the surface of a sphere is in the form of a figure eight.

As adjectives the difference between octoid and octoic

is that octoid is being a form of gear or tooth that resembles the involute, but whose complete path of contact on the surface of a sphere is in the form of a figure eight while octoic is (chemistry) pertaining to, derived from, or resembling octane; used specifically to designate any of a group of acids including caprylic acid.

As an adjective octoid

is being a form of gear or tooth that resembles the involute, but whose complete path of contact on the surface of a sphere is in the form of a figure eight.

As a noun ocoid is

(zoology) any member of the ocoidae.