"octopal" meaning in English

See octopal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more octopal [comparative], most octopal [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} octopal (comparative more octopal, superlative most octopal)
  1. (uncommon) Octopuslike. Tags: uncommon Synonyms: list in octopuslike
    Sense id: en-octopal-en-adj-j65Gtpgf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1972, Mark J. Green, The closed enterprise system: Ralph Nader's study group report on antitrust enforcement:",
          "text": "Textron, with 1970 sales of $1.6 billion, is a fast-growing new conglomerate with octopal interests: textiles, aircraft and parts, electronic equipment, iron and steel castings, bathroom fixtures, machine tools, plastic products, car parts, ...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1976, Gus Tyler, Scarcity: A Critique of the American Economy, New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Company:",
          "text": "This octopal reach by the oil companies had been several years in the making.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Hank Bordowitz, Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright: The Bob Marley Reader, Da Capo Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "For 15 years Marley has been singing of a benighted people caught up in the octopal tentacles of an inept and often corrupt government.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, John Shirley, Silicon Embrace, Start Publishing LLC, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Ceph oozed off the stool, his babylegs and octopal tentacles helping him down the side, ...",
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        "(uncommon) Octopuslike."
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