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There are several plural forms of the word octopus: Octopuses is the most often used form cited in references in the US, but other forms are accepted such as octopi and octopodes.
There are several plural forms of the word octopus: Octopuses is the most often used form cited in references in the US, but other forms are accepted such as octopi and octopodes.
It could be octopuses or octopi
Octopuses or octopodes. The Anglicized (and most common) plural form of octopus is octopuses. Although it is often supposed that octopi is the 'correct' plural of octopus, and it has been in use for longer than the usual Anglicized plural octopuses, it in fact originates as an error. Octopus is not a simple Latin word of the second declension, but a Latinized form of the Greek word oktopous, and its 'correct' plural would logically be octopodes.
Octopi and octopuses are both accepted plural forms for the singular octopus.
The word 'octopi' is the plural form of the noun 'octopus'.The alternate plural form 'octopuses' is also generally accepted.
octopods
The plural form of apparatus is apparatuses. It has no foreign plural.
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because the plural of octopus is octopuses
The plural of Octopus is Octopuses. Octopodes is also acceptable but rarely used. The common misconception that the plural is octopi comes from the incorrect assumption that Octopus is a Latin word, it is in fact Greek.According to the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary, "the standard plural in English of octopus is octopuses. However , the word octopus comes from Greek and the Greek plural form octopodes is still occasionally used . The plural form octopi, formed according to rules for some Latin plurals, is incorrect"