octopal

English

Adjective

octopal (comparative more octopal, superlative most octopal)

1. (uncommon) Octopuslike.
   • 1972, Mark J. Green, The closed enterprise system: Ralph Nader's study group report on antitrust enforcement:

     Textron, with 1970 sales of $1.6 billion, is a fast-growing new conglomerate with octopal interests: textiles, aircraft and parts, electronic equipment, iron and steel castings, bathroom fixtures, machine tools, plastic products, car parts, ...

   • 1976, Gus Tyler, Scarcity: A Critique of the American Economy, New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Company:

     This octopal reach by the oil companies had been several years in the making.

   • 2009, Hank Bordowitz, Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright: The Bob Marley Reader, Da Capo Press, →ISBN:

     For 15 years Marley has been singing of a benighted people caught up in the octopal tentacles of an inept and often corrupt government.

   • 2014, John Shirley, Silicon Embrace, Start Publishing LLC, →ISBN:

     Ceph oozed off the stool, his babylegs and octopal tentacles helping him down the side, ...

Synonyms

• see list in octopuslike

Anagrams

• coalpot