"octopusish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more octopusish [comparative], most octopusish [superlative]
Etymology: octopus + -ish Etymology templates: {{af|en|octopus|-ish}} octopus + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} octopusish (comparative more octopusish, superlative most octopusish)
  1. Resembling an octopus; octopuslike. Synonyms: list in octopuslike
    Sense id: en-octopusish-en-adj--BOt-fMn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish

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          "ref": "1982, Ferenc Maté, Best Boats to Build Or Buy, West Vancouver, B.C.: Albatross Pub., page 166",
          "text": "Plain slabs of fibreglass are unfriendly enough, but when topped off with a protrusion here and a herniation there, the whole house takes on a frighteningly octopusish effect, reminiscent of the painting of the warted, welted man you used to […]",
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          "ref": "1999 May 29, MOSUGOJI, Did The Daleks Really Need Those Claw Arms?, alt.movies.monster, Usenet",
          "text": "I always wished they would give a clear view of the Kaled mutation inside the Dalek Travel machine, they showed one hanging out of a demolished Dalek in The 5 Doctors episode, it was an octopusish thing."
        },
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          "ref": "2004 July 26, Kermit the Frog, Re: [YANI] frozen corpses, rec.games.roguelike.nethack, Usenet",
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          "ref": "1999 May 29, MOSUGOJI, Did The Daleks Really Need Those Claw Arms?, alt.movies.monster, Usenet",
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