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The word "octopus's" is a singular possessive noun, a word for one octopus that shows something in the sentence belongs to that octopus.
Example: The octopus's color changed to blend into its background.
There are two accepted forms for the plural of octopus:
- octopi (possessive form octopi's)
- octopuses (possessive form octopuses')
- The octopi's tank contained four octopi.
- The octopuses' tank contained four octopuses.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 12y agoEither octopuses or octopi is acceptable, as is the case with "hippopotami" and "hippopotamuses" and "thesauri" and "thesauruses."
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∙ 15y agoOctopi is the plural for octopus so it simply means more than one
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∙ 14y ago"Octopi" is an incorrect plural form of "octopus". The correct plural of "octopus" is "octopuses" and its possessive is therefore "octopuses'".
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∙ 11y agoWiki User
∙ 12y agoThe singular is octopus.
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∙ 14y agoNo, octopus is singular for octopus.
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More than one octopus is octo puses not ocopi
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Is the word octopi a singular or plural?
The word 'octopi' is the plural form of the noun 'octopus'.The alternate plural form 'octopuses' is also generally accepted.
What are octopi perdators?
Octopi is one of the words used as a plural for octopus.
How do you make octopus plural?
It could be octopuses or octopi
What is a plural noun for octopus?
Octopi, I believe...
What is plural noun for octopus?
Octopi, I believe...
What is the foreign plural form of octopus?
octopi
Do octopuses have bacbones?
No at least I think octopi have no skeletons/the plural for octopus is octopi
What are the two plural forms of the noun octopus?
Octopi and octopuses are both accepted plural forms for the singular octopus.
Pluraul noun for octopus?
Octopuses. (the plural form of octopi is not correct)
How do you spell octopi?
That is the correct spelling of the plural of "octopus", which is "octopi".(not all -us words form the -i plural in English, e.g. fungi but hippopotamuses)
What is the possessive of octopus?
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.
Where do mimic octopi live?
Please note that the plural of 'octopus' is not 'octopi'. It is 'octopuses', or if you want to be really pedantic, it's 'octopodes'.
