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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 97% | 7 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 28% | 8 | Cephalopod known for its shell | |
3 | 28% | 5 | A puck used in the game octopush; British slang for a pound sterling; or, a fast-swimming often bioluminescent or colour-changing cephalopod, known as calamari when prepared as food | |
Cephalopod Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "OCTOPUS" which means:
- noun
- • Tentacles of octopus prepared as food
- • Bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles verb
- • To put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time.
- • To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.
- • To plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet.
- • (by extension) to grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended.
- • To hunt and catch octopuses.
- • To behave like an octopus.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The octopus has eight tentacles."
- • "I saw an octopus at the aquarium yesterday."
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Similar Clues
Clue | Source | |
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1 | A puck used in the game octopush; British slang for a pound sterling; or, a fast-swimming often bioluminescent or colour-changing cephalopod, known as calamari when prepared as food
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
25 Feb 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 25 Feb 2023 |
2 | Cephalopod's "cover"
New York Times -
04 Apr 1993 | New York Times / 04 Apr 1993 |
3 | Cephalopod known for its shell
New York Times -
11 May 2011 | New York Times / 11 May 2011 |
4 | Cephalopod with a coiled shell | |
5 | Key part of a cephalopod's defense mechanism
New York Times -
12 Oct 2023 | New York Times / 12 Oct 2023 |
6 | Marine cephalopod
The Guardian Quick -
10 Jul 2006 | The Guardian Quick / 10 Jul 2006 |
7 | Shell of an extinct cephalopod |
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