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mimic octopus en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An Indo-Pacific octopus of species Thaumoctopus mimicus, capable of selectively impersonating several other species of marine life.
    • The Mimic octopus, which was only discovered in 2005 in shallow Indonesian waters, can rapidly morph its body to resemble a flounder, a sea snake, a lionfish and almost anything else it sees. 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 229:

Forms

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mimic octopus Number=Plur nonstandard, rare lexicographic
mimic octopii Number=Plur nonstandard lexicographic
mimic octopodes Number=Plur rare lexicographic
mimic octopi Number=Plur nonstandard lexicographic
mimic octopusses Number=Plur nonstandard lexicographic
mimic octopuses Number=Plur lexicographic