Etymology

dumbo octopus

Today it means: Any of several species of umbrella octopuses of the genus Grimpoteuthis. Full definition →

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The story

From their resemblance to the title character of the 1941 Disney film Dumbo.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.