March 18, 2015 at 5:05 PM. About time Peter Reckell & Stephen Nichols are coming back to DAYS to shake things up for the showâs 50th anniversary.
An octopus (/ËÉktÉpÊs/ or /ËÉktÉpÉs/ ; plural: octopuses, octopi, or octopodes; see below) is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda.It has two eyes and four pairs of arms and, like other cephalopods, it is bilaterally symmetric.An octopus has a beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms.n octopus (/ËÉktÉpÊs/ or /ËÉktÉpÉs/ ; plural: octopuses, octopi, or octopodes; see below) is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda.
The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi, and octopodes, in that order, calling octopodes rare and noting that octopi is based on a misunderstanding. New Oxford American Dictionary (3rd Edition 2010) lists octopuses as the only acceptable pluralisation, and indicates that octopodes is still occasionally used, but that octopi is incorrect.