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Octopus is an English word with synonyms like seafood or devilfish. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Octopus in a sentence

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Octopus meaning

  1. Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
  2. A mollusc from genus Octopus.
  3. The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.

Synonyms of Octopus

seafood devilfish octopod

Using Octopus

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers. | A mollusc from genus Octopus. | The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
  • Useful related words include: seafood, devilfish, octopod.
  • In the example corpus, octopus often appears in combinations such as: the octopus, an octopus, doctor octopus.

Context around Octopus

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Octopus

  • In this selection, "octopus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, doctor, grilled, wasabi, garden, traps and customers stand out and add context to how "octopus" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a grilled octopus tentacle and a live octopus among the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "octopus" sits close to words such as adani, ardern and birthplace, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with octopus

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Doctor Octopus made the unexpected decision to give Peter his body back. (12 words)

Feature image of the Octopus Garden via the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. (13 words)

Eiji Tsuburaya and an octopus wrangler work with a live octopus among the miniature huts. (15 words)

Carnage hasn’t been made mutually exclusive to Peter like Doctor Octopus or Green Goblin have, and there will hopefully be many more villains in Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 that can create a fun dynamic with Miles rather than Peter. (41 words)

Aside from travel booking options, visitors to Japan Fiesta 2023 were also able to get a taste of Japan at through kiosks offering Pocky snack, takoyaki (grilled balls with octopus chunks), gyoza (pork-filled dumplings), and Japanese beer among others. (40 words)

I spent the next two days eating wasabi octopus, pork with sticky rice, grilled octopus and tofu (soft tofu coated with potato starch and deep-fried) at Akihabara’s maid café and various Izakayas. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Just the way Daki subverted beautiful oirans into deadly predators like herself, Gyokko inverted how octopus traps work and made the jar a trap for people, not for the octopus.

Speaking to Shell and Octopus customers at the time, Mr Lewis explained: "If you watched the show – that was my naughty little comment because Shell customers are being switched to Octopus.

I spent the next two days eating wasabi octopus, pork with sticky rice, grilled octopus and tofu (soft tofu coated with potato starch and deep-fried) at Akihabara’s maid café and various Izakayas.

Eiji Tsuburaya and an octopus wrangler work with a live octopus among the miniature huts.

The film uses both stock footage of a real octopus and a fake, rubber octopus in scenes where "the monster" interacts with actors.

The octopus's suction cups are equipped with chemoreceptors so the octopus can taste what it is touching.

And the underwater photography is helping to unravel a mystery of this real-life octopus garden, one of the few known nesting grounds of its kind in the world.

Aside from travel booking options, visitors to Japan Fiesta 2023 were also able to get a taste of Japan at through kiosks offering Pocky snack, takoyaki (grilled balls with octopus chunks), gyoza (pork-filled dumplings), and Japanese beer among others.

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A spinoff story, "The Omega Artifact," was released on Amazon in 2020, and is currently in development to become a feature film with Papa Octopus Productions.

Bold flavors litter the menu, like their classic, self-named taco, which boasts a grilled octopus tentacle.

Carnage hasn’t been made mutually exclusive to Peter like Doctor Octopus or Green Goblin have, and there will hopefully be many more villains in Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 that can create a fun dynamic with Miles rather than Peter.

Choppy, tousled, voluminous and shaggy, this hairstyle encompasses all lengths and apparently animals (it’s also known as the wolf, octopus, jellyfish and butterfly cut, depending on the shape of the layers).

Despite Maguire reprising his Peter Parker for alongside original trilogy actors Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina and as Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus and Sandman, respectively, Grace does not make an appearance in the film.

Doctor Octopus made the unexpected decision to give Peter his body back.

Enjoy an array of fresh seafood from the raw bar, or split a couple of sushi rolls before digging into dim sum or grilled Spanish octopus.

Feature image of the Octopus Garden via the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of Coda Octopus Group by 3.8% during the 4th quarter.

From tiny crawling creatures to massive bosses with deadly octopus-like arms, Dead Space throws every kind of horror at you.

Funds will supercharge Octopus' flagship EV salary sacrifice scheme, which has more than 4k businesses signed up.

He said the octopus started out as the color of green seaweed but soon began to show its blue rings.

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Common combinations with octopus

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "octopus" in a sentence?
An example: "Just the way Daki subverted beautiful oirans into deadly predators like herself, Gyokko inverted how octopus traps work and made the jar a trap for people, not for the octopus." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "octopus" from authentic English texts.
What does "octopus" mean?
Octopus means: Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
What are synonyms of "octopus"?
Common synonyms of "octopus" include: seafood, devilfish, octopod.
How many example sentences with "octopus" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "octopus", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.