octopusish

== English == === Etymology === From octopus +‎ -ish. === Adjective === octopusish (comparative more octopusish, superlative most octopusish) Resembling an octopus; octopuslike. 1999 May 29, MOSUGOJI, Did The Daleks Really Need Those Claw Arms?, alt.movies.monster, Usenet: I always wished they would give a clear view of the Kaled mutation inside the Dalek Travel machine, they showed one hanging out of a demolished Dalek in The 5 Doctors episode, it was an octopusish thing. 2004 July 26, Kermit the Frog, Re: [YANI] frozen corpses, rec.games.roguelike.nethack, Usenet: That should be 'ikayaki'. 'Tako' = octopus. 'Ika' = squid. I think a kraken is more squiddish than octopusish. ==== Synonyms ==== see list in octopuslike