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minus-squarelugallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-23 days agoActually the plural is octopoda and they don’t live on trees, nor do they party that hard
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-24 days agoOctopuses, octopi, or octopodes is acceptable. Never heard of octopoda.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoIt’s actually hexadecapus for a pair of them, and so on.
minus-squarelugallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoI have never heard of octopodes. Octopoda is the original Greek plural. I don’t think it’s just in English though
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 days agoYeah, this is just English I’m referring to. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-many-plurals-of-octopus-octopi-octopuses-octopodes
minus-squarelugallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoI just realized that the whole conversation was in English. I should of assumed that includes that word, too. How stupid of me
Actually the plural is octopoda and they don’t live on trees, nor do they party that hard
Octopuses, octopi, or octopodes is acceptable. Never heard of octopoda.
It’s actually hexadecapus for a pair of them, and so on.
I have never heard of octopodes. Octopoda is the original Greek plural. I don’t think it’s just in English though
Yeah, this is just English I’m referring to.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-many-plurals-of-octopus-octopi-octopuses-octopodes
I just realized that the whole conversation was in English. I should of assumed that includes that word, too. How stupid of me