"blue-ringed octopus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue-ringed octopuses [plural], blue-ringed octopodes [plural], blue-ringed octopi [plural]
Etymology: blue + ring + octopus. From being an octopus with very prominent bright blue rings all over its body. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|ring|octopus}} blue + ring + octopus Head templates: {{en-noun|+|blue-ringed octopodes|blue-ringed octopi}} blue-ringed octopus (plural blue-ringed octopuses or blue-ringed octopodes or blue-ringed octopi)
  1. Any octopus of the genus Hapalochlaena, with distinctive blue rings, that carry the highly poisonous venom tetrodotoxin (TTX). Categories (lifeform): Octopuses

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