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Octopus

An eight-armed marine mollusc.

The Greek roots

ὀκτώ
októ
eight
+
πούς
poús
foot

Literally: eight-foot

The story of the word

Simply 'eight-foot'. The októ counts through octagon and October (once the eighth month).

In a sentence

The octopus slipped through a gap barely its own size.

Built on the same root

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