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GENUS OCTOPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Octopus mean?
• GENUS OCTOPUS (noun)
The noun GENUS OCTOPUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Octopodidae
Familiarity information: GENUS OCTOPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Octopodidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Octopus" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "genus Octopus"):
devilfish; octopus (bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles)
Holonyms ("genus Octopus" is a member of...):
family Octopodidae; Octopodidae (a family of Octopoda)
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