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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-25 months agoOctopuses, octopi, or octopodes is acceptable. Never heard of octopoda.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoIt’s actually hexadecapus for a pair of them, and so on.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoI have never heard of octopodes. Octopoda is the original Greek plural. I don’t think it’s just in English though
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 months agoYeah, this is just English I’m referring to. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-many-plurals-of-octopus-octopi-octopuses-octopodes
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoI just realized that the whole conversation was in English. I should of assumed that includes that word, too. How stupid of me
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Octopuses, octopi, or octopodes is acceptable. Never heard of octopoda.
It’s actually hexadecapus for a pair of them, and so on.
I have never heard of octopodes. Octopoda is the original Greek plural. I don’t think it’s just in English though
Yeah, this is just English I’m referring to.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-many-plurals-of-octopus-octopi-octopuses-octopodes
I just realized that the whole conversation was in English. I should of assumed that includes that word, too. How stupid of me