Octopodomorphs if you want to be inclusive.
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qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 years ago
Professor should know that it’s etymologically Greek, so octopi is generally considered to be wrong.
Octopuses, or octopodes if you’re feeling badass, would be preferable afaik.
Rookwood@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Umbrias@beehaw.org 2 years ago
Pus isn’t the Greek form so it’s neither here nor there. Octopus is an English word and as such can be pluralized in numerous ways. Octopodes is my favorite though.
IMongoose@lemmy.world 2 years ago
www.dictionary.com/e/octopuses-or-octopi/
Octopuses, octopodes, and octopi are fine.
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 years ago
What about octopussies?
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 years ago
James Bond already did that one I think…
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 years ago
As always, it depends on who you ask:
web.archive.org/web/20190422115828/…/octopus
oceanconservancy.org/blog/2022/…/plural-octopus
brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/19/octopi/
IMongoose@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Right, when there is this much controversy over a plural there will never be a consensus, especially when it doesn’t actually matter. The truth is that as long as people understand what you mean it doesn’t matter what you use.
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Vernacular morphology is one thing, but in a scientific mode, this is lazy AF.