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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.

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Is octopi plural for octopus?

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')Examples: The octopi's tank contained four octopi.The octopuses' tank contained four octopuses.


What is the singular and possessive of octopus?

The singular noun is octopus.There are two accepted forms for possessive singular nouns ending in s:Add an apostrophe (') after the existing s at the end of the word: octopus'Add an apostrophe s ('s) after the existing s at the end of the word: octopus's


What is the singular and plural possessive of octopus?

There are two accepted forms for possessive singular nouns ending in s:Add an apostrophe (') after the existing s at the end of the word: octopus'Add an apostrophe s ('s) after the existing s at the end of the word: octopus'sThere are two accepted plural forms for octopus, they are octopuses and ocotopi.The plural possessive forms are octopuses' and octopi's.


Is the common octopus a real octopus?

Yes, a common octopus is a type of octopus


What is a male octopus called A?

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What family and genus does the common octopus belong to?

Family: Octopodidae Genus: Octopus Subgenus: Octopus Scientific Name: Octopus vulgaris


Is a is a octopus a vertebrate or invertebrate?

The octopus is an invertebrate... It has no skeleton.


What are examples of octopus?

BLUE RINGED OCTOPUS GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS PACIFIC RED OCTOPUS and many more


What do we call a sea creature with eight limbs?

an octopus, noob


What is bigger a jellyfish or octopus?

Octopus


Do octopus eat octopus?

Yes


Do octopus have a skeleton?

No, octopus are invertebrates