"octopodial" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} octopodial (not comparable)
  1. (rare) Synonym of octopodal, octopuslike. Tags: not-comparable, rare Synonyms: octopodal [synonym, synonym-of], octopuslike [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-octopodial-en-adj-QVsSFUta Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2001, The News, volume 16, published by the Independent Communications Network Limited of Nigeria",
          "text": "But worse still, Alhaji Arzika equally was adjudged to be frustrating the speedy privatisation of the octopodial state-owned NITEL."
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          "ref": "2004, Robert Wilson, A Darkening Stain, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt",
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