ŏc'to-pŏd, n.

n. [Gr. ὀκτώπους, from ὀκτώ, eight, and ποῦς, ποδός, foot; Fr. octo-pode, It. ottopodo.] (Zoöl.) A mollusk or insect having eight feet or legs.

(Argonauta Argo.) (Eledone ventricosa.)

Octopods.