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We should note that this is for the worst kind of pedant only: the wrong kind. It's also important to note that the most correct of all forms (though also more archaic) is octopodes.


I noticed the author used octopodan. First time I think I've seen that word.

> But she was very significant to me, both as an individual and as a representative from her octopodan world.


It's a common adjective formation. Octopoda -> octopodan, compare to Mollusca -> molluscan.


What makes octopodes more correct? All the dictionaries cited preferred octopuses.




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