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 Answer: We would go with octopuses, a perfectly legitimate English plural, and the oldest attested to. Octopi is also an acceptable choice, and one in wide use, but you run the risk of being informed that it's incorrect.Well-meaning people may tell you that-i is a Latin plural, but  octopus  comes from the Greek.e would go with octopuses, a perfectly legitimate English plural, and the oldest attested to. Octopi is also an acceptable choice, and one in wide use, but you run the risk of being informed that it's incorrect.