octopede
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From octo- + -pede. Piecewise doublet of octopus.
Noun
[edit]octopede (plural octopedes)
- (zoology) Any eight-legged creature.
- Spiders are octopedes.
References
[edit]- “octopede”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.