blue-ringed octopus

English

greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) photographed by Elias Levy

Etymology

From blue +‎ ring +‎ octopus. From being an octopus with very prominent bright blue rings all over its body.

Noun

blue-ringed octopus (plural blue-ringed octopuses or (nonstandard) blue-ringed octopusses or (nonstandard) blue-ringed octopi or (nonstandard) blue-ringed octopii or (rare) blue-ringed octopodes or (rare, nonstandard) blue-ringed octopus)

1. Any octopus of the genus Hapalochlaena, with distinctive blue rings, that carry the highly poisonous venom tetrodotoxin (TTX).

Translations

Translations

• French: pieuvre à anneaux bleus (fr) f
• German: Blaugeringelter Krake m
• Irish: ochtapas gormfháinneach m
• Italian: polpo dagli anelli blu m
• Korean: 파란고리문어 (paran'gorimuneo)
• Portuguese: polvo-de-anéis-azuis m

References

• blue-ringed octopus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia