Synonyms for OCTOPUS
ˈɒk tə pəs; -ˌpaɪoc·to·pus

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1. octopusnoun

   tentacles of octopus prepared as food

   Synonyms:
   devilfish

2. octopus, devilfishnoun

   bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles

   Synonyms:
   grey whale, manta ray, devilfish, gray whale, manta, octopus

Matched Categories

1. • Octopod
   • Seafood

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "octopus":

   squid

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1. Alex Wagner:

   The streams percolate out of the Milky Way's dense gas disk, the jet diverges from a pencil beam into tendrils, like that of an octopus.

2. Robert Full:

   You might think the best shape changers are kind of like an octopus or a worm or a slug but yet we know that cockroaches can go through these tiny little cracks.

3. Tracy Morgan:

   I still have s–t here to do, it’s gonna take more than 18 wheels for me to get out of here. I have to raise my girl, raise my wife, raise my family … Gotta keep my octopus alive. Gotta keep my sharks alive. Those are God’s creatures! I’m needed!

4. Aquarium Biologist Halley Miller:

   Like all giant Pacific octopus, The Florida Aquarium’s GPO Farallon is an extremely intelligent creature. Enrichment activities are key to optimal animal welfare as a result the professional care team provide her with a wide variety of activities from puzzles, to painting and more, this was first time we presented Farallon this activity.She was very engaged with the canvases; using her arms and suckers to push around the paint.

5. Luigi Barzini:

   They eat the dainty food of gamous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.