octopusy

comparative more octopusy · superlative most octopusy

1. Resembling an octopus; octopuslike.

   I'm at "worlds collide" level, where i don't know how i have to kill the big octopusy monster!

   2000 May 15, Pietro I., “Worlds Collide”, in alt.games.half-life (Usenet)

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   A Robber? No; his scheme was free Of aught octopusy or sharky; He planned, as far as I can see, An Altruistic Oligarchy; […]

   1911, John Ames Mitchell, Life, page 948

   "Sting rays?" Dodson chuckled. "They scram when they see you. And that little shark wouldn't hurt a baby." "It looks octopusy." she said. "They never get big around here." "Morays, then?" Dodson laughed.

   1965 (edition), Philip Wylie, Autumn Romance

   Synonyms: list in octopuslike