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minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·10 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.
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoOctopodes in Greek. Octo = eight Podes = feet Aaand raaail means rail.
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.
Octopodes in Greek.
Octo = eight
Podes = feet
Aaand raaail means rail.