blue-ringed octopus

English

Etymology

From blue +‎ ring +‎ octopus. From being an octopus with very prominent bright blue rings all over its body.

Noun

blue-ringed octopus (plural blue-ringed octopuses or (nonstandard) blue-ringed octopusses or (nonstandard) blue-ringed octopi or (nonstandard) blue-ringed octopii or (rare) blue-ringed octopodes or (rare, nonstandard) blue-ringed octopus)

  1. Any octopus of the genus Hapalochlaena, with distinctive blue rings, that carry the highly poisonous venom tetrodotoxin (TTX).

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