"octopusical" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more octopusical [comparative], most octopusical [superlative]
Etymology: From octopus + -ical. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|octopus|ical}} octopus + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} octopusical (comparative more octopusical, superlative most octopusical)
  1. (rare) Synonym of octopusine. Tags: rare Synonyms: octopusine [synonym, synonym-of]
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