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By analogy with octopus, substituting the prefix septo- for octo-.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An octopus or octopus-like creature with only seven legs. Full definition →
By analogy with octopus, substituting the prefix septo- for octo-.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.