Beastlygr@lemmy.world to Accidental Renaissance@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoOctopuslemmy.worldimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down17cross-posted to: forumlibre@jlai.lu
arrow-up1211arrow-down1imageOctopuslemmy.worldBeastlygr@lemmy.world to Accidental Renaissance@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13linkfedilinkcross-posted to: forumlibre@jlai.lu
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoNo. It doesn’t have the Latin ending -us, but actually ends with pus (fom the Greek word for foot). From the Greek origin, the plural would be octopodes. Octopuses is more usual.
No. It doesn’t have the Latin ending -us, but actually ends with pus (fom the Greek word for foot). From the Greek origin, the plural would be octopodes. Octopuses is more usual.