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How to pronounce“octopus”in English

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In natural English speech, "octopus" appears in contexts such as: "Totally nonexistent. A lot of teachers use this one. There's the endangered Pacific Northwest tree octopus a completely nonexistent species. So in the book I go into a lot of detail about this, particularly when you're talking about medical information, Googling your symptoms.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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Totally nonexistent. A lot of teachers use this one.

There's the endangered Pacific Northwest tree octopus a completely nonexistent species.

So in the book I go into a lot of detail about this, particularly when you're talking about medical information, Googling your symptoms.

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noun

Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.

“Even octopuses without stylets almost certainly retain the molecular machinery necessary to build them.”

noun

A mollusc from genus Octopus.

verb

To put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time.

“He rises up on his wasted legs, the healer's hands octopussed on his head.”

verb

To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.

“The bug-eyed press octopussed to their respective word processors.”

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