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sharikous on Feb 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The inner life of the octopus (2022)

Octopoda is the Greek plural of octopus, it's not a Latin word that goes -i. But as an English word octopuses is fine too.

anigbrowl on Feb 24, 2023 | [–]

'Eight legs' in Latin is 'octo pedes' which is really not that different. Octopi is euphonious, because it balances two broad syllables with a narrow one, although octopoda is more onomatapaeic.

martopix on Feb 24, 2023 | [–]

Octopodes

sharikous on Feb 24, 2023 | [–]

Right

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