curled octopus

English

A curled octopus.

Etymology

From curled +‎ octopus.

Noun

curled octopus (plural curled octopuses or curled octopusses or curled octopi) (see usage notes at octopus)

1. A common European species of octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) whose tentacles are usually kept curled.

   Synonyms: horned octopus, lesser octopus, northern octopus

Translations

Eledone cirrhosa

• Basque: olagarro zuri
• Catalan: pop blanc m
• Czech: chobotnice menší f
• Dutch: kleine achtarm (nl) m
• Estonian: kähar muskuspolüüp
• French: pieuvre blanche (fr) f, poulpe blanc (fr) m
• Galician: polbo cabezudo (gl) m
• German: Zirrenkrake m
• Greek:
  • Ancient Greek: ὀσμύλη f (osmúlē)
• Irish: ochtapas beag m, ochtapas adharcach m
• Italian: moscardino bianco m
• Portuguese: polvo-cabeçudo m
• Serbo-Croatian: bijeli muzgavac m