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In response to "octoPODS, damn it. -- nm" by loosilu

I've heard of octopuses, octopi and octopodes, but never octopods -- nm

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Oct 20 '08, 09:52

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google it, you'll see. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:53 4
- An octopus is a type of octopod. Webster's says the plural of octopus is octoopuses or octopi - Roger More Oct 20, 09:56 1
  - oxford is correct. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:57
- Wikipedia agrees with Roger More, at least in the first paragraph (but I was still wrong, since I used two "i"s. Heh. :)) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:54 1
  - biologically and linguistically, octopi is flat out wrong. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:56

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