tentacles of octopus prepared as food
"The chef sliced the fresh octopus tentacles into rings to add a chewy texture to our pasta dish."
Any of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
"The curious octopus crawled over the sand, its eight sucker-covered arms exploring the hidden crevices of the reef without any hard shell to protect it."
To put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time.
"The manager warned that trying to micromanage every department would just mean having too many octopuses in the water."
The word comes from the Ancient Greek oktÅpous, which combines oktÅ meaning "eight" and pous meaning "foot." It originally described a creature with eight feet.