Mollusc vs. Octopus

Molluscnoun

A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.

Octopusnoun

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

Molluscnoun

(figuratively) A weak-willed person.

Octopusnoun

(uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.

Molluscnoun

Same as Mollusk.

Octopusnoun

An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.

Molluscnoun

invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

Octopusnoun

A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish.

Octopusnoun

Any member of the genus Octopus.

Octopusnoun

Something resembling an octopus in having numerous controlling arms or branches that reach widely and influence many activities; - used mostly of organizations, such as diversified corporations.

Octopusnoun

tentacles of octopus prepared as food

Octopusnoun

bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles

Octopus

Octopus (pl. octopuses, see below for variants) are soft-bodied, eight-limbed molluscs of the order Octopoda (, ok-TOP-ə-də).