octopus.
八爪鱼,章鱼,八带鱼,八角鱼
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n.noun · 名词
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plural oc·to·pus·es, oc·to·pi [ok-tuh-pahy]. /ˈɒk təˌpaɪ/.
- ›any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
- ›something likened to an octopus, as an organization with many forms of far-reaching influence or control.
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She probes and flexes her stylets under the skin to find these blood vessels, like the arms of an octopus reaching into the dark to carry out a dangerous deed.
After the sea pigs, a scattering of octopuses came into view.
What ensues is an incredibly beautiful film about the ecosystem of the kelp forest, the intelligence and amazing abilities of the octopus, and a man’s poignant relationship with a wild creature.
While exploring a kelp forest, he discovers a female octopus and makes a commitment to go see her every day for a year to learn about her life and to see if she will befriend him.
Other bacteria from this group make TTX in pufferfish, the blue-ringed octopus and sea snails.
Sadly, Paul the Octopus did not outlive his impressive but unpopular World Cup predictions by long.
It's at a time like this that Germans yearn most for Paul the Octopus, the great mollusk soothsayer for Germany.
The Oberhausen aquarium erected a memorial of the psychic octopus with a golden urn containing his ashes.
Octopus is one of those sleazy and boorish Americans whose instincts prove correct.
They are the Tarpon, the Falcon, the Sea Fox, and the .