blue-ringed octopusses

A form of blue-ringed octopus — Any member of any species of the genus Hapalochlaena of octopuses, with distinctive blue rings, that carry the highly poisonous venom tetrodotoxin (TTX).

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Meanings

noun
  1. nonstandardpluralplural of blue-ringed octopus
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