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If you want to get really pedantic, use Octopodes :)
by dharmab 4y ago
If you want to get really pedantic, use Octopodes :)
- CoastalCoder 4y ago> If you want to get really pedantic Well that certainly got our attention. Please, continue.
- GravitasFailure 4y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-many-plurals-of-octopus-octopi-octopuses-octopodes 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.
- pvaldes 4y agoOctopoda is the order, better not mix both terms
- euroderf 4y agoIs this a niche where I could use "octopodibus" ?