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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by dharmab on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:22AM (#33548772)
If you want to get really pedantic, use Octopodes :)
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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by CoastalCoder on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:28AM (#33548904)
> If you want to get really pedantic

Well that certainly got our attention. Please, continue.

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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by GravitasFailure on Thursday November 10, 2022 @12:23PM (#33549930)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-many-plura...

The full thing is worth a read, but when you steal a word from one language that it also stole from a third, the pluralization rules are pretty much anything goes.

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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by pvaldes on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:47AM (#33549243)
Octopoda is the order, better not mix both terms
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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by euroderf on Thursday November 10, 2022 @01:16PM (#33550744)
Is this a niche where I could use "octopodibus" ?
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