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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·11 months agoUm, ackshully, chameleons don’t change color to camouflage. The artist should have used octopuses instead.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-211 months agoActually the plural is octopoda and they don’t live on trees, nor do they party that hard
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-211 months agoOctopuses, octopi, or octopodes is acceptable. Never heard of octopoda.
minus-squareNeatNitlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoIt’s actually hexadecapus for a pair of them, and so on.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoI have never heard of octopodes. Octopoda is the original Greek plural. I don’t think it’s just in English though
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-211 months agoYeah, this is just English I’m referring to. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-many-plurals-of-octopus-octopi-octopuses-octopodes
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoI just realized that the whole conversation was in English. I should of assumed that includes that word, too. How stupid of me
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Um, ackshully, chameleons don’t change color to camouflage. The artist should have used octopuses instead.
Actually the plural is octopoda and they don’t live on trees, nor do they party that hard
Octopuses, octopi, or octopodes is acceptable. Never heard of octopoda.
It’s actually hexadecapus for a pair of them, and so on.
I have never heard of octopodes. Octopoda is the original Greek plural. I don’t think it’s just in English though
Yeah, this is just English I’m referring to.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-many-plurals-of-octopus-octopi-octopuses-octopodes
I just realized that the whole conversation was in English. I should of assumed that includes that word, too. How stupid of me