octopod
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- noun
- /ˈɑːktəˌpɒd/
- Specialized
:
octópodo
- Each octopod moved gracefully, using its articulated arms to manipulate objects.
Examples
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As Nibur joined her, half a dozen octopod servos emerged to defend them from any attack or contagion.
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"I think it would be best if I disable the octopods with a stream of radio noise."
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"Warning, warning!" one octopod called, then another.
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"Warning," called an octopod from ahead.
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"If we lose an octopod down a cliff, we can always produce more."
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"Tell them we'll send in the octopods."
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Their octopods gathered, ready to meet any need.
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The octopods will avoid this place like the plague.
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There stood two octopods, each with a bundle wrapped up in four arms.
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As he watched, an octopod came from behind the llama barn to tour around the main compound at the same hour it always did.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
octopod = octopus (transparent) = octo + pod
Applied metaphorically/technically to an eight‑limbed robotic platform but still directly built from elements meaning 'eight' + 'limb/foot', so the relation is clear for learners familiar with such compounding.
Etymology
The word octopod comes from Greek parts octo- 'eight' and -pod 'foot', as in octagon and octopus. So an octopod robot is named because it has eight 'feet' or limbs that help it move or work.