Anagrams of: OCTOPODES

• a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail

• a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell

• medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane)

• a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research

• a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree

• a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell

• To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.

• To commandeer, appropriate or take over.

• To absorb or assimilate into an established group.

• the quantity a scoop will hold

• a hollow concave shape made by removing something

• a news report that is reported first by one news organization

• street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

• the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe

• a large ladle

• take out or up with or as if with a scoop

• get the better of

• a farm building for housing poultry

• an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept

• To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.

• To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

• To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.

• To examine under a microscope.

• To observe a bird using a spotting scope.