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This view is "contentious" :-) https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/270/what-is-the-correct-plural-of-octopus/271 https://english.stackexchange.com/ques

• mc32 9y ago
  That it might be but it's pretty clear the Latin associated plural is misapplied. So English has octopuses. Greek has octopodes. Some English speakers prefer to use the Greek word rather then the loan derived plural which uses English construction.
• deleted 9y ago
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